There's also a lot of code that we just can't release until the product
actually launches, so catch-22 w.r.t. community feedback. Even if we could,
there are warehouses full of machines that have already been flashed. So
releasing the code that actually is flashed on the machines and then
iterating makes a great deal of sense.
/my $0.02
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David Hendricks (dhendrix)
Systems Software Engineer, Google Inc.