Sunday, June 29, 2008

 

How come enterprises don't ask their software vendors for bug-fix only releases?

How come enterprises don't ask their software vendors for bug-fix only releases? Does everything have to be about a new feature?



Imagine what would happen if all the enterprises that use products developed by Microsoft, Oracle and Sun encouraged them to create a bug-fix only release. What would be even more intriguing if these vendors asked customers to enumerate all bugs they know but haven't reported and they would allow them to vote on priority themselves without any internal interpretation.

Even more intriguing would be the commitment from these same vendors that they would spend an entire six months on bug fixes and bug fixes alone. This activity could have several potential positive outcomes:






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