[adovenmuehle]

I think the key point that this article is missing, and maybe it's just assumed by the author, is that when you're sending out the life rafts in an uncharted direction you get enough user feedback to either work the feature into your product or not.

[hippo33]

good pt -- yep, I didn't spell that out well, but yes, that's the pt of the rafts.

[enra]

I think the point came across pretty clear. Thanks for the great analogy to think about these things.