Author: Vasik Rajlich
Date: 04:41:11 12/25/05
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On December 24, 2005 at 13:29:16, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >Hi all, > >I have observed that people are busy in testing Rybka like bees produce their >honey. From 50 years ago I still know for sure that as a Beta-tester you get a >free thing of the tested software. Now my simple question. If you testers had to >pay to the author of Rybka, why in hell you still are testing this commercial >product. Is it masochism or something I dont know yet? > >I must admit that it's a fair deal to test a program like Crafty, but Crafty is >Free Software. So, it's like LINUX. But why the same people who spit on >Microsoft and who would never test MS products do now test a commercial program >for free. > >Could someone clarify this? Or is it the truth that you all get 50 US $$ for >your testing? Or 100$$? > > >WHAT is the deal? Of course Beta testing isn't as lucrative as say posting on CCC. Or giving up a salaried job to work on a chess program. The thing that amazes me the most in CC is how much people work together, even from competing teams. Our operator in Paderborn is in the Shredder team, others from the Hiarcs team are giving us bug reports, and on and on and on .. Vas
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