Release early. Release often. And listen to your customers. We read the Cathedral and the Bazaar earlier in the semester and this happens to be one of the "lessons" Raymond learned from various software development experiences.
Releasing early and often gives great feedback between developers and users which means...
You get bug fixes and and new features in customers hands faster and see how customers react to them. This is very valuable information for the developers who can work with this information to make a better product and ultimately a happier customer. In turn, a happier customer makes a happier developer!
Releasing early and often is a way of using customers as co-developers (Free testers!). And according to Linus's Law-``Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.'' More heads are better than one.
So if you want happier developers, happier customers, and a better product- releasing early and often is key!
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