Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 15:59:57 10/12/99
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On October 12, 1999 at 16:58:03, Zachariah Amela wrote: > >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. It is not arrogance, it is business strategy; and a very succesful one. Bill Gates is the best business man in the world (no wonder why he has so much money!).
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