Hi Burr, there are also some other practical aspects to it as well...

For example having a really high stability actually helps a lot to reduce tech support burden.

And having really stable beta releases helps a lot to get more people to use the beta, which has a lot of benefits - it helps bring out some remaining bugs to the surface and also getting people to use stuff earlier makes it more possible for me to gather feedback on the design too and make refinements.

So in a sense the big focus on stability actually helps me to be more efficient in many ways as well as being helpful for actual use as well.


But of course you have to start somewhere! It's harder to get stability in the earlier stages of a product before it has had a lot of exposure and use.

For most projects that 4-year incubation period is just not feasible because it is really hard to keep a business going for 4 years without making any income at all... That's a heavy expectation load to place on a startup, really.

- Michael