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Is it possible for both sides of an argument to be wrong? Yes, communication would have been nice. However, it's not like the workings of the Rails Core group is secret. You can look at the commit logs and get a feel for what's going on and how close they actually are.

Expecting open source developers to give accurate estimates is kind of silly. However, responding with "Fuck you" is unnecessarily rude.

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It's not a matter of accurate estimates -- no one can do that -- it's a matter of managing expectations, and that is something a group of open source devs can do: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1545892

  Is it possible for both sides of an argument to be wrong?

Assuming that wasn't a rhetorical question: certainly. That's actually mostly the case, which is also the reason why debates can drag on endlessly, each one pointing out wrong parts in (usually irrelevant) parts of the arguments of the other, while drifting further and further from the original point. If people forget to focus on cooperation and reaching consensus, then constructive discussions are nearly impossible.

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