>> There are two kinds of drugs: Those that have side-effects, and those
>> that have *no* effects.
> 
> I think that's somebody's point.

I had to parse that twice! ._.

> If we waited until the product was 
> perfect, it would never ship (whether it's software, drugs, or whatever).

It's not a good analogy. Drugs don't time a long time to ship because it 
takes time to improve them. They take a long time to ship because of all 
the multiple levels of safety testing that have to happen. (Speaking as 
somebody who works for a company in that line of business...)

I don't disagree that it takes time and money to build better software. 
I'm just saying this isn't a good analogy. ;-)

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