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Subject: Re: The privilege of becoming a beta-tester

Author: Chessfun

Date: 14:09:27 09/05/00

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On September 05, 2000 at 16:51:24, Uri Blass wrote:

>This tester can change the motivation if (s)he gets some money.


While money may motivate in the workplace, it bears no motivation
in what most do in their free time.....You may be different.

>>Or he could call company _X_ and say "I have this great idea ! I'll sell you
>>it for $0.20 hour" then he could call _Y_ and say "_X_ have offered me $0.20
>>hour what you offer?". The whole notion to me that those types of things may
>>happen is abhorrent. Hopefully both _X_ and _Y_ would tell the tester to take
>>a hike and put the word out to all other comapnies about him/her and they would
>>never get to test anything again.
>
>This is exactly the reason that the tester will not threat company _X_ after the
>agreement was done.


Then _Y_ would never ask him to test anything again and neither would others.
So the next idea he has for _X_ what then? if _X_ don't like it. Or if _X_
choose not to use him again. At that point he has played all his cards and will
then not be testing for anybody. And if it is something that he/she truly love
to do, at that point it is likely he/she will become bitter and regret the
moment the idea of $ popped into their head.


>I also did not say exactly 0.1$ per hours but based on the money that _X_ earns.
>If the idea is very good the tester can get more money because _X_ will get more
>money.

More money for _X_ has little to do with the idea. It has to do with sales and
marketing and supply and demand in the marketplace.

Sarah.



>Uri



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