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Article #1392Tired of paying to be a beta tester?
From: John Gilmore
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1986 07:12
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1986 07:12
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In article <523430059.rling@uw-june.ARPA>, Robert Ling writes:
> I'm just
> tired of PAYING to BE a beta tester.
Then don't buy any program until it's been on the market about 6 months.
The primary advantages of being an early customer are:
* You get it before everybody else; and
* Your opinion about what needs fixing is more likely to be heard,
since the developers are still actively working on it.
The primary disadvantage is:
* It probably doesn't work very well.
But you get to make that tradeoff.
--
John Gilmore {sun,ptsfa,lll-crg,ihnp4}!hoptoad!gnu jgilmore@lll-crg.arpa
May the Source be with you!
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ll-xn!nike!lll-crg!hoptoad!gnu From: gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16 Subject: Tired of paying to be a beta tester? Message-ID: <949@hoptoad.uucp> Date: Mon, 4-Aug-86 03:12:32 EDT Article-I.D.: hoptoad.949 Posted: Mon Aug 4 03:12:32 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Aug-86 07:15:48 EDT References: <523430059.rling@uw-june.ARPA> Organization: Nebula Consultants in San Francisco Lines: 19