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Subject: Re: Beta Testing Compensation

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 04:38:18 09/08/00

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On September 07, 2000 at 18:13:54, Uri Blass wrote:

>The purpose is to help the programmer to produce a better version.
>In my case I got only the beta software.
>
>The beta that I got is better than the previous commercial program but weaker
>than the commercial program of today.
>
>I do not know if it is always the case.

It is definitely not, at least in my experience. I always got the final,
commercial release of the program I tested. If the programmer asks me to beta
test his program, I do and later on he doesn't send me the final copy I would
take it not so well. But, as I said, it has never happened.

Enrique

>Uri



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