Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 11:14:14 12/24/05
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On December 24, 2005 at 14:07:12, George Tsavdaris wrote: >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? > > Why you see it like testing? People bought Rybka and now they play with it. >What do you want they to do? Not play games and tournaments with it???? And when >they see something bad -a bug etc....- they just report it. > It's similar to testing but differs due to the purpose. People that are beta >testers, test it because they have to do obviously, people that bought it and >play games with it, does this because they enjoy playing eng-eng tournaments and >they report the bugs because they want the program to improve.... How many programs a single owner can test in eng vs eng mode in 24 hrs per day? Second questions: since nobody knew Rybka to even exist, could we say that CCC is the PR department for Rybka and also for free? - Could you answer these two questions for free? > >> >>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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