Author: Uri Blass
Date: 08:21:59 09/08/00
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On September 08, 2000 at 10:03:00, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >On September 08, 2000 at 09:49:19, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On September 08, 2000 at 08:42:50, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >> >>>On September 08, 2000 at 08:36:53, Uri Blass wrote: >>> >>>>On September 08, 2000 at 07:38:18, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >>>> >>>>>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. >>>> >>>>In my case when I tested Junior4.9 I got only .dll files from Amir Ban >>>> >>>>.dll file was enough for the beta version that were 16 bits but was not enough >>>>for the final version that was 32 bit. >>>> >>>>I know that thorsten czub also got the same 16 bit version and could not get the >>>>32 bit version because his bad relations with chessbase. >>>> >>>>I did not attack chessbase like thorsten but I also criticized chessbase for the >>>>secret autoplayer at that time and I did not think to try to ask chessbase to >>>>give me the 32 bit interface. >>>> >>>>The final product was of Chessbase and Amir and I tested only for Amir. >>>>I think that your case is different because you tested for chessbase. >>> >>>Not really. I tested much more for Rebel, Tiger, Hiarcs and others, and I always >>>got the final version. I understood that this was always done to all >>>beta-testers. Your case is unfortunate and, I hope, unique. >>> >>>Enrique >> >>I did not say that you tested only for chessbase. >>You did not work for one programmer and this was my point when I said that you >>tested for chessbase. >> >>My reasons for testing Junior were different than your reasons for testing >>programs. > >I doubt it. > >>I tested Junior because I wanted to help Amir to develop a better program. > >Off course, Uri. This is always the case for all beta-testers. What else. The difference is that I wanted to help only Junior when beta testers who test a lot of programs want to help many programmers. I am also not sure that wanting to help the programmer is the reason of all beta testers. I believe that there are beta testers who want to get the new programs without paying money for them. I believe that part of the beta testers will not continue to test if they know that they get only the beta and not the commercial version. The reason that I stopped to test Junior was different in my case. Uri
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