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Subject: Re: Beta-Testers

Author: Eduard Nemeth

Date: 11:02:24 12/24/05

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With Internet Translate:

Rybka is a project, with a goal to summers 2006, which the programmer already
admits gave!  Now, I am not a beta tester.  Why?  So far none asked me for it.
But I test gladly, I test gladly also Rybka.  I found some BUGs in Fritz and I
never a Fritz nevertheless given got. Why should I buy therefore not also Rybka
(I have it made) and it to test?  If I tested Fritz quasi in vain, the more now
therefore Rybka is to me because of the heart!  With other programs that does
not have to do anything, because I so far by no team in demand whether I beta
testers to be would like.  A team I asked, but said "No".

Translate is difficult, also here my german original text (damit keine
Missdeutungen entstehen):

Rybka ist ein Projekt, mit einem Ziel bis Sommer 2006, das der Programmierer
schon bekannt gegeben hat!  Nun, ich bin kein Beta-Tester. Warum? Mich hat
bisher keiner danach gefragt.    Aber ich teste gerne, ich teste gerne auch
Rybka.  Ich habe einige BUGs in Fritz gefunden und dennoch habe ich nie einen
Fritz geschenkt bekommen.    Warum sollte ich deshalb nicht auch Rybka kaufen
(ich habe es gemacht) und es testen?     Wenn ich Fritz quasi umsonst getestet
habe, umso mehr liegt mir nun daher Rybka am Herzen!    Mit anderen Programmen
hat das nichts zu tun, denn ich wurde bisher von keinem Team gefragt ob ich
Beta-Tester sein möchte.    Ja ein Team habe ich selbst gefragt, aber die sagten
"Nein".

Happy New Year!
Eduard.


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?



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