27 Feb
2012
27 Feb
'12
12:45 p.m.
A real interesting side-note.0.3.14 has had a greater and more positive impact than
previous ReactOS releases.After reading tons of Forums, criticisms, etc, the positive
feedback can be summed up in 2 ideas:1) "ReactOS is more compatible!I can feel its
improved stability and now more apps are working"Well, really, this is a fact of not
releasing after one whole year. They have been comparing 0.3.13 to previous ones, released
in a 5-6months cycle. Thanks to a delayed release, they have felt the evolution of a one
year release (2-3 normal old releases 'till now).If they would have just compared
0.3.13 with 0.3.11-0.3.10 they would have felt exactly the same "jump".
2)"New features"All the work that has been done since long ago has met into a
release (GSOC projects, rewrites, etc). This has boosted the general release impact.
For these 2 reasons, I'd prefer to stick to a 4 or 5 month release after 0.4 is
launched.
If we release too late, we can drop the interest of our followers(but it will be recovered
when releasing, as 0.3.14 shows). Twitter,Facebook, and media will help to recover them if
we post regularly through them.If we release too soon, they won't see
"changes" or "new features" so they won't have the need of
updating and retesting.
Btw, some stats:
ReactOS 0.3.14: 370.000*.ReactOS 0.3.13: 217.000*. *Downloads after the 3 first weeks.