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Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 10:24:34 -0800
From: Andrew Sharp <andy.sharp@onstor.com>
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Subject: Re: Beta Readiness Criteria Document
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Reply off the record,

Is the new FTI actually "progress?"  From an implementation viewpoint,
it doesn't feel like it.

It won't be done in time for beta because they didn't make it portable
from the start, and so now they have to port it to Linux.

On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 08:53:41 -0800 "Joshua Goldenhar"
<joshua.goldenhar@onstor.com> wrote:

> Any particular reason?
> 
>  
> 
> My reasoning is this:
> 
> Beta customers, on a new product, would get to see we are making some
> progress and coming to a more modern initialization method. This is an
> opportunity to show them progress on first time-install products. I
> feel it's really important to have the new first-time install for
> beta. It gives the whole product much more a feeling of "newness" and
> improvement.
> 
>  
> 
> -Josh 
> 
> Josh Goldenhar 
> Phone: 408 963 2408, Cell: 408 547 7693 
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: Brian DeForest 
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 5:06 PM
> To: Joshua Goldenhar
> Cc: dl-Cougar
> Subject: RE: Beta Readiness Criteria Document
> 
>  
> 
> Additionally, for beta the plan has been to use the "old" (3.1-based
> not 3.2-based) First Time Install w/o DHCP and Web interface.   This
> was discussed at previous core team meetings and is what has been
> used and tested for all Cougar builds to date.   
> 
>  
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: Joshua Goldenhar 
> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 9:59 AM
> To: dl-Cougar
> Subject: Beta Readiness Criteria Document
> 
> First released draft is attached. It will be kept and maintained in:
> 
> \\mightydog\Program Management\Cougar\Marketing
> 
> -Josh 
> 
> Josh Goldenhar 
> Sr. Dir. Technical Strategy 
> ONStor, Inc. - http://www.onstor.com/ 
> joshua.goldenhar@onstor.com 
> Phone: 408 963 2408, Cell: 408 547 7693 
> 
>  
> 
