Quoted by Ryan on August 7 2009:
By far the dominant reason for not releasing sooner was a reluctance to trade the dream of success for the reality of feedback.
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Kent Beck, Approaching a Minimum Viable Product
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4 comments so far
Henrik Lied 07 Aug 09
And sadly, it’s so true.
Grant 09 Aug 09
That quote just kicked my ass.
Eden Jaeger 09 Aug 09
Brilliant!
Gnubeutel 10 Aug 09
Only true for “mendable” software. I don’t want to pay $50 for a game with “minor bugs”. I’ll have lost interest before patch 1.1 is released.
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