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It never ceases to amaze me that ordinary users (not talking about software
product developers who must deal with compatibility issues) will invest their
time, and risk stable computer systems, to install beta software for a vendor
which doesn't even provide a no-charge upgrade to the finished version. How
vendors think they are going to get qualified beta testers to test their
software for free is beyond me. By "qualified", I mean people who are
technically profficient at identifying, isolating, and documenting computer
problems. The last couple of times I beta tested, I ammended the beta agreement
to require a free upgrade and then, after investing many hours in beta testing,
ended up fighting to collect my upgrade. I beta test no more!
IMO, the beta test for the "fun of it" practice, which is now pretty much the
rule, is one of the reasons so much buggy software is released to the public.
Earl
-----Original Message-----
From: Scientific Approaches <sci@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Omega Mailing List <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, February 26, 1998 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: Multiple Monitor support in Windows 98
>Beware, however. That is only a cheap marketing ploy. If you install
>Windows 98 Beta, you will learn 90 days later that it has a built-in timeout
>. A message will advise you the software can no longer be used and that you
>must upgrade to the retail version. Furthermore, if you try, you will find
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