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

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 14:23:08 09/05/00

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On September 05, 2000 at 17:09:27, Chessfun wrote:

>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.

Do you say that being number 1 in the ssdf list instead of number 2 or number 3
has nothing to do with sales?

Uri



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