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ps pipe grep: Episode 18 (Trial and Error)
Ben, Jason and David discuss source code control systems and much more as they come back from a long hiatus.
I’m serving the podcast from my Bingo disk.
Here’s a direct link to the mp3.
Here’s a non-iTunes RSS feed.
This week’s music: Royksopp.
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One question I had that I hadn’t heard/read the answer to:
You guys waited 3 years to release the source under a free/open license (GPLv2). Looking back, would you say now that you a) could’ve/should’ve released it sooner? Or b) that the 3 years you spent as the exclusive vendor for Connector (and the associated revenue) was necessary to bootstrap the development/growth of the product? or c) some other issue lead you to keep it behind closed doors for so long?
I completely applaud the decision, but I’m just curious as to some of the background on the business side about what kept you from releasing it sooner.
— Cameron Watters 515 days ago #@Cameron: the code sucked, until recently. One doesn’t walk on the beach naked unless studly. :) I’m not joking.
— David Young 515 days ago #