Author: Henrik Dinesen
Date: 08:25:16 01/16/06
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On January 15, 2006 at 05:54:06, Harvey Williamson wrote: >On January 15, 2006 at 05:46:15, Henrik Dinesen wrote: > >>On January 14, 2006 at 20:24:32, Harvey Williamson wrote: >> >>>On January 14, 2006 at 18:14:28, Joseph Ciarrochi wrote: >>> >>>>Rolf, as much as i enjoy your interchanges for their soap opera quality, I don't >>>>think your accusations are quire fair. They rest on the assumption that Vasik >>>>is somehow manipulating us into promoting his product. >>>> >>>>I test the Rybka betas because it is fun. I think that is what motivates >>>>others. >>>> >>>>People here at CCC are very critical consumers. We are not being manipulated. We >>>>are having fun. >>>> >>>>best >>>>J >>> >>>Isn't the point here (I think it is fantastic marketing)that we are all paying >>>to be beta testers? >>> >> >>If you don't submit anything to Vas, you can't be counted as a tester in any >>way. >>But if you do, you don't have to wait long to see something happening. That's a >>good exchange, and some more established compagnies could learn a lot. Actually >>we saw a somewhat similar approach with Fruit when it turned commercial. >>I don't see anything bad here :) >> >>Henrik > > >Hi Henrik, > >I don't have a problem with it either. However I do wonder what the attitude of >posters here would be if CB sold software in a similar way? > >Best Wishes > >Harvey Hi Harvey, If CB tried to _sell_ via this forum, there would be a lot of trouble :-) But if they made their own forum with support and info about bugs, new releases etc. I guess most users would appreciate it. But as it is, they're keeping a distance, often leaving people out in the dark. I think good communication is the ahead, also for CB, but not any abuse of, say, this club! Best regards Henrik
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