Come on. Since when is a delay on an estimated release date for software, NOT expected?
Depends on in which niche of the software market you are working and what the conditions for a project are. There exist total different cases. Most of the time if i would not hold the deadlines which are written in the contracts then i would be out of business and depending on the case even have to pay a penalty fee.
Usually yes. In the specific case of Mark Sibly, no. Have you ever experienced one of Marks worklogs popping up without at least one follow-up thread showing up on the forum?
So what? Does it take time away from him if people talk about what he has written there? I don't think so...and when there is an major issue where confusion comes up then okay BRL would again have to write something but how often does this really happen? More a matter of balancing...
Greetings,
taumel