From bbdd1192878bb5da09768555e54308f811ac2797 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hui Lan Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 09:42:38 +0800 Subject: spm-slides.tex: make Development Status a distinct slide. --- spm-slides.tex | 16 ++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'spm-slides.tex') diff --git a/spm-slides.tex b/spm-slides.tex index 5cd1862..231d2f1 100644 --- a/spm-slides.tex +++ b/spm-slides.tex @@ -1543,7 +1543,9 @@ REQUIREMENTS \end{verbatim} } -{\bf Development status}. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +\foilhead{Development Status} How is the project doing? @@ -1557,9 +1559,15 @@ How active is the community. Show News, near-term goals and needs, past releases (with feature lists), timeline of recent releases, bug tracker, discussion forum, and mailing list. -Examples: \url{https://launchpad.net/drizzle}, \url{https://launchpad.net/inkscape}, \url{https://launchpad.net/schooltool}. +Examples: + +\href{https://launchpad.net/drizzle}{Drizzle} + +\href{https://launchpad.net/inkscape}{Inkscape} + +\href{https://launchpad.net/schooltool}{SchoolTool} -Release notes: \url{http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release\_notes} +Release notes: \href{http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release\_notes}{Inkscape release notes}. {\bf Development status should always reflect reality}. @@ -1580,7 +1588,7 @@ Oracle DB (1977). Microsoft Word 1.0 (1983). All selling billions of dollars y QQ (1998). -\underline{Lessons}: (i) it takes many years before your software is good enough and serious enough for people to buy it. The Overhype syndrome. (ii) No time to add many wanted features to 1.0 in a short period of time. The Get Big Fast syndrome. (iii) When it is done, it is {\em done}. Additional features are not essential. (iv) ``We’ll Ship It When It’s Ready'' syndrome. +\underline{Lessons}: (i) it takes many years before your software is good enough and serious enough for people to buy it. \fbox{The Overhype syndrome} (ii) No time to add many wanted features to 1.0 in a short period of time. \fbox{The Get Big Fast syndrome} (iii) When it is done, it is {\em done}. Additional features are not essential. (iv) \fbox{``We’ll Ship It When It’s Ready'' syndrome} Keep 1.0 quiet. -- cgit v1.2.1