I agree with htrd in that it is worded in a way that you are encouraged to download and use the software. That's the way it's supposed to be with beta software! You want to encourage people to jump on board and use it.
Back in the old days, the beta releases were solid. Back when I got my first squeezebox, I ran a beta version of 6.5.4 because it included the gapless LAME mp3 feature. It was a rock solid release. Many betas after that were the same. What's going on with the 7.4 line now actually sounds more like an alpha release to me. There is no better way to irritate your customers than giving them alpha quality software and calling it beta. I saw it in one of my past jobs when I worked in customer support and helped run some beta SW trials. When beta software is released, there is a certain level of expectation about it's stability. When that expectation isn't met, people get *really* ticked off. Throw bricked controllers into the mix, and people really start losing their patience (and I can't say I blame them). -- maggior Rich --------- Setup: 2 SB3s, 3 Booms, 1 duet, 1 receiver. SuSE 11.0 Server running SqueezeCenter 7.3.3, MusicIP, and SqueezeSlave. Current library stats: 27,698 songs, 2,304 albums, 439 artists. http://www.last.fm/user/maggior Looking forward to new Porcupine Tree, Megadeth, Alice in Chains, and The Beatles Box set. September will be an expensive month :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66791 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
