So, we're stuck and the only way out is to have a contest. The hat, I'm told, is a rare one indeed, and not many have been given out. The plush monkey is very nice, and the CD is great for folks stuck with low bandwidth. We spoke for a few moments about the decision, and Ian made the very good point that releasing a package management tool into the world that might have a few issues is, well, a bad idea. And I agree.
Dates slip, sometimes.
The difference between a good company and a bad company, if it has to come down to missing a shipping date or waxing my entire hard drive with a run-amok package management tool, is that the good company will bite the bullet, swallow its pride and find every single reference to the original date and change it to something later, then call anyone who remembers differently a liar. And they'll release the software a little late. In this case, it looks like Red Carpet's due for release around the 20th of this month, and I'll be taking a look when it's out. The Emergency Room Revisited O.k. So part of the story at the beginning of the column was fictional.