[mythtv-users] re:MythTV production run
Bruce Markey
bjm at lvcm.com
Tue May 4 22:59:16 EDT 2004
Bill Chmura wrote:
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> On Tuesday 04 May 2004 07:12 pm, Chris Petersen wrote:
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>>>5 years is crazy for this... the entertainment field is constantly
>>>changing. If you took mythtv and spent five years overhauling, you would
>>>be 5 years behind when you finished it. Not to mention the technology
>>>changing.
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>>he said "5 man-years," not "5 years"... 5 man-years could be 30 people
>>working for 2 months. It's still a long time.
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> Ah your right... Can't believe I missed that part. 2 months would be
> acceptable, but why does myth need all that work anyway? Seems that with a
> feature freeze, it should be able to stablilze much faster than that.
Right, and with 60 poeple it would only take 1 month. In fact, if
a woman can have a baby in 9 months, then 3 women can have a baby
in just 3 months ;-).
http://www.yourdon.com/books/coolbooks/notes/brooks.html
-- bjm
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