Billie Walsh wrote:
Basil Chupin wrote:
Billie Walsh wrote:
On 08/13/2007 Basil Chupin wrote:
(SuSE is going from bad to worse at each "improvement" "release"
since Novell bought the German company. I downloaded the CD of 10.3
Beta 1 together with the CD of the ADDON-NON OSS Bi-Arch and there
is NO way that I can install all the files/applications: there is
no Midnight Commander, no kernel source, no pico or nano, no
kradio, et alia.)
That's why it's called "beta".
No, that is not why it is called a BETA.
Furthermore, we are not talking about a Beta 1 release of a version 1
but of version 10.3.
Now, somewhere in between a version 1 and a version 10.3 someone,
anyone, with a bit of brain and nous and know-how would have figured
out on what has to be put into place, and how software should be
tested by staff being paid on writing it and administrating its
implementation and release on the open market, to have the software
in a state where it CAN be called a BETA and have people spend their
time and money in downloading the product to be able to make
judgements about its efficacy and offer suggestions on how to improve
it.
Cheers.
Wikipedia:
A beta version is the first version released outside the organization
or community that develops the software, for the purpose of evaluation
or real-world black/grey-box testing. The process of delivering a beta
version to the users is called beta release. Beta level software is
between 60% and 70% complete, generally includes all features, but may
also include known issues and bugs of a less serious variety.
Please note that it says "60%-70% complete" and "GENERALLY includes
all features", caps mine. There is no guarantee that it will be
complete, OR that everything will work.
Nowhere in computers have I ever heard of someone that expects a
"beta" to be complete and ready to go. That's why it's called a
"beta". For someone to install a beta and expect full functionality is
just plain ludicrous.
If your not ready to put up with missing bits and pieces and many bugs
stay away from "beta" versions of anything. Even if its beta2095487 of
version 86579423108.45879. A "beta" is still a "beta".
Oh my gosh. We are now relying on the Wikipedia for definitive and
factual interpretations of words and meanings!
You did know that one can go in and edit what is in the Wikipedia?
(If I memory hasn't totally failed me, wasn't there a (?)high school
drop-out who was posting medical advice, and related articles, until he
was found out either earlier this year or late last year?)
But, oh, OK, let's go with what you write above: "60% - 70% complete".
How can something be this far "advanced" when someone - like me - cannot
perform the very basic operation of simply properly installing it? I
repeat: INSTALLING IT and not simply find there are some things not
working correctly *after* the installation.
Cheers.
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