Author: Uri Blass
Date: 11:54:23 09/05/00
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On September 05, 2000 at 14:43:05, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On September 05, 2000 at 13:59:19, Uri Blass wrote: > >>It does not prove that paying the beta testers is a bad idea because it is >>possible that programmers can get more information by paying the beta testers. > >For the reasons mentioned so aptly by Sarah, it's a ridiculous thought. If >someone offered me money I would refuse almost without hesitation ;o). Somehow >it seems unethical to me, receiving free software and getting paid to use it. I do not see what is unethical. I do not see a reason that you think that paying money for the programmer is right when paying for a beta teter that I see as part of the team behind the chess program (assuming that the information of the beta tester was productive to improve the program) is not right. Uri
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