Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 10:42:40 12/24/05
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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 believe the most of these free beta testers, simply want a good FREE chess program. The correct things to do is to give the first 5 Beta testers the program for FREE, then everyboby else that wants to test will have to pay one third 1/3 of the selling price or future selling price, unless the program will be offered for free, like Crafty. Jorge >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?
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