Hi, Yes, I have a private testing team, but I've discovered that even with a private test team bugs, issues, etc will get through that a the wider community might notice and thus I can fix the issue faster than if weeks go by without a private tester stumbling on a certain bug or issue.
The other reason I use public betas is I'm quite at home with that style of testing. Many people know that I generally use Linux as my primary OS of choice at home. One of the things Linux software developers do differently from Windows developers is they always make alphas and betas of the latest software available to the Linux community for testing and public review, comment, and so on. I believe this open approach to testing and problem solving is what makes the OS and its applications so stable and reliable. Linux developers don't rely on a handful of handpicked testers, but let the world wide community test it and offer constructive feedback as to what did and didn't work, what needs fixed, and so on. Generally an open testing polacy offers certain kinds of feedback you can not and will not get from a smaller team. Now, obviously if someone doesn't want to test the software they don't have to. I make no promises that a beta will be stable, work properly, or is in any way complete. That's why it is a beta. Cheers! On 8/1/11, Hayden Presley <hdpres...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I thought I remembered Thomas having one, ut if I recollect correctly he was > having...issues with them. > > Best Regards, > Hayden --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
