Author: Zachariah Amela
Date: 13:58:03 10/12/99
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> >Actually, the point is not as good as it sounds on the surface. > >How many people HERE on this forum have purchased chess playing, database, or >other software? > >You perhaps? > >There are a ton of shareware and freeware programs out there and people still >pay out good money for chess software. The same applies to OS' or any other >software. > >KarinsDad :) Of course I purchase software. Do I mind paying for a completed program? No, I'm in the industry myself. Do I mind paying for an OS? Again, no. Do I go out and buy a BETA product? No way. I rarely even DL and demo a Beta product. Most of the time it end's up hosing a component, messing up an older version of the product and in general being a pain in the neck. It's the developers job and any volunteers to weed out their bugs. I don't have time for it. Frankly, it's pure arrogance for MS to make you purchase half-tested operating systems.
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