Author: Eduard Nemeth
Date: 12:19:55 12/24/05
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My Best, Eduard. On December 24, 2005 at 14:57:14, Jay Urbanski 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? >> >>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? > > >I'm a beta tester, and I paid for Rybka - and I'd be happy to explain why. I >bought Rybka as soon as the preview was available for two reasons: > > >1. I wish to support Vasik in his further development of the engine. >2. Even as a buggy beta with no SMP support it was (is) the strongest engine on >the planet. > >I became a beta tester after I reported some bugs and he added me as a beta >tester. However even had I been a beta tester first I would have paid for the >engine eventually in order to do #1 above. > >Why do I spend my own time to help development of a commercial project? Easy - >I'm a user of the engine and I would like it to work well. I use a variety of >GUIs for online play and as such I often experience bugs that others do not. >Simple self-interest.
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