Author: Albert Silver
Date: 17:09:03 12/25/05
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On December 25, 2005 at 07:41:11, Vasik Rajlich 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?
>
>Of course Beta testing isn't as lucrative as say posting on CCC. Or giving up a
>salaried job to work on a chess program.
>
>The thing that amazes me the most in CC is how much people work together, even
>from competing teams. Our operator in Paderborn is in the Shredder team, others
>from the Hiarcs team are giving us bug reports, and on and on and on ..
>
>Vas
Heck dude. I'd have thought you'd already have realized that we're all just a
bunch of incorrigible junkies.
Albert
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