On 7/31/06, Dave Crozier <DCrozier .at. flexipol .DO.T co.uk> wrote:
> Well now you have to pay in order to pick the bugs out of the new M$ Beta
> software
>
I don't do Microsoft Betas any more, but in the nineties a whole slew
of FoxPro folks devoted hundreds of hours to backing up, installing,
configured, testing, documenting, reporting and advocating for bugs to
be fixed in FoxPro. It made for an incredibly good product, worthy of
version "Dot-Zero" status and ready to go into production the day it
was released. FoxPro teams were patient and good sports about the
whole thing, and knocked themselves out to deliver a great product,
which they did, time after time. THAT was beta-testing.
Microsoft "public betas" are nothing more than a public showing of
what they are going to foist on their customers, with a chance for the
marketeers to develop answers to the most frequency voiced complaints.
I can't imagine paying for the privilege.
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