Yeah, I rolled my eyes too at that headline. It is in line with the
general evangelist-ish tone of the NB newsletter though, so no surprise
there. I wish they would drop that and be more matter-of-fact.
Newsletter subscribers want information, not glamorization.
-- Niklas Matthies
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hjuskewycz [mailto:
hjuskewycz@...]
> Sent: Wed, 24. Jun 2009 19:52
> To:
netcat@...;
netcat@...
> Subject: [67cat] Results from NetBeans 6.7 Community Acceptance survey
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>
> The big headline is: NetBeans Community Approves NetBeans 6.7
> for Prime Time Release
>
>
>
> After I seeing the results
> (
http://qa.netbeans.org/processes/cat/67/ca_results.html), I
> was wondering if this is the headline is for another survey ...
>
>
>
> The results for the most important features are shocking!
> Nearly every 1/10 thinks that NetBeans isn't ready for prime time:
>
>
>
> Editor Improvements: 10,4%
>
> Performance Improvements: 9,7%
>
> Overall Quality: 10,4%
>
>
>
> And what about the rest? It's notable that the rest is better
> regarding the show stopper, but instead 40-50% don't use the feature.
>
> I would interpret the survey that the new release isn't what
> the user wanted. They got features which they don't use and
> the already existing features aren't the quality they expected.
>
>
>
> Please NetBeans team don't lie to yourself and to the
> readers, the survey is mixed at best, but doesn't clearly
> speak for NetBeans 6.7. If my post is too harsh, I am sorry.
> But this kind of marketing is more MS style, and I really
> don't like it.
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