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Subject: Re: JUST A MINUTE! ssdf testing Shr,7.04! Why not 7.06?

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 16:33:23 05/31/03

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On May 31, 2003 at 18:21:18, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On May 31, 2003 at 18:11:51, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On May 31, 2003 at 18:06:35, stuart taylor wrote:
>>
>>>Isn't this such a shame? Just at the beginning of the testing (of 7.04), after
>>>the 7.06 has come out and said to be even stronger than 7.04, surely it's worth
>>>starting again but with 7.06!?
>>
>>There was this guy, and he started to rake some leaves.  Then he noticed that
>>his neighbor's yard had a lot more leaves scattered around than his own.  So he
>>hopped over the fence to rake the leaves for his neighbor.  But after a while he
>>noticed that his neighbor's neighbor had even more leaves.  So he hopped that
>>fence and started to rake in the leaves for his neighbor's neighber.  But,
>>wouldn't you know it -- after a while he noticed that his neighbor's neighbor's
>>neighbor had even more leaves in his yard...
>
>Good point you can't test all the versions specially the newer arrival. It is
>like clothe's fashion, you can NOT keep up with them even if you buy clothes
>every weeks.
>
>Pichard

But this was just in time (before the testing, or right a the very beginning),
so why start obstinately with 7.04, when Beta testers are saying that 7.06 is
even stronger?
S.Taylor



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