In a message dated 10/18/2000 7:27:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< > Hey! Wadda u mean, Larry? You get to BUY betas to test with
Micro$oft!
> And then buy it again (it's now "the product") and do it again! Why buy
the
> same product only once? Capitalism to the extreme [the wrong extreme that
> is]. -Gary-
Wait a minute there Gary---I thought Micsrosoft only sold Beta software!
--Greg Stewart, MCP :-)
10/20 They DO. That's the point. But you knew that. -Gary-
> In a message dated 10/18/2000 12:13:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> <<
> One of the things I see regularly is people's unfamiliarity with
> beta-test software, both in terms of expectations and interpretations. I
> guess it is pretty unique for most people working in Windows to see true
> beta-apps with all their trace code, dead code, etc. still hanging inside
> them. With Windows you get to beta-test after you buy it and the bloat
> there is more a matter of programming taste than anything else.
>
> >>
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