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"Mike Block - Tax Cut C.P.A." <mblockNO_SPAM@blocktax.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 04 Mar 2001 20:45:45 -0600, MK <nothing@invalid> wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 05 Mar 2001 01:00:19 GMT, "Mike Bartlett"
> ><mikebartlett@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> >>How many Beta Testers were there this year?  Anybody know?  If you were
a
> >>beta tester, were you listened to?
>
> Unlike products from some companies, QuickBooks uses many
> beta testers for long periods, including us. Of course, as testers
> we are repeatedly surprised by how soon they release.
>
> Testers are to do many tests in new and substantially revised
> areas. QB listens to us very closely when we find bugs, which 
> we do every time. They also quickly fix every bug we find.
>
> Beta testing, however, has nothing to do with program design.
> Our comments on that are simply logged with comments anyone
> can make at any time on quickbooks.com. Personally, we find
> QB2001 a dream in many areas. However, no one can please
> all the people all the time. The good news is that the new Intuit
> Developer version and Application Programmer Interface will
> be in the next version of QB. Then everyone will be able to have
> anything for which they are willing to pay.

Mike, I'm so glad you put in the operative phrase "willing to pay". I can
just imagine all the negative posts we will see from many of the typical QB
users when they discover that even modifying the tab sequence will cost them
more than the cost of the entire program. Well I guess its about time these
users are introduced to the "real world costs" of accounting applications.



>
> Until then please consider, QB has 85% of the small business
> accounting program market. To understand how amazing this
> is, consider that none of us probably even dreams of having
> 5% of our markets. Intuit is not perfect, but they obviously do a
> far better job of satisfying more people than any competitor.
>
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