>> Not again! it seems that I read these threads every time RS comes up with >> something new. >> >> It feels as though these guys are so busy putting new stuff out that they >> forget to seriously test their product. > > Not true -- however, they did post a job opening for an additional QA > engineer not too long ago. Perhaps you'd like to apply? Look, I'm neither a QA Engineer, maybe not even such a great programmer when I compare myself to others. I just want a program that I can trust, but I don't want to get into another fruitless argument about how much reliable something has to be before it can be called final product.
All I can say is that I feel that some plugins for Rb are more reliable than RB itself and that when something's wrong, it gets fixed much faster (days) than with RB (months). I do however know that every time a new version of RB came out, it brought much problems to my existing code, and that it made me get angry for nothing as then usualy around v.x.5, things get more stable, reliable and faster too. Now that release come out on a regular and continuous process, maybe it is less true, but all that I know it that a few years ago, I've decided to try the new versions as they come out and only buy and rely on upgrades when the upgrade hss had time to mature a bit, which is usualy around the time people on the lists stop complaining about basic stuff not working as it should, and when more technical or "how to" questions start being asked again... >> You can also waste your time being mad and writing angry letters to the >> list, but history has showned that they don't seem to care that much, maybe >> it has something to with the fact that writing new stuff is always more >> motivating than fixing the old... > This is absolutely false, untrue, and completely wrong. Ok, cheap shot, what I meant was that 1. if you have something that doesn't work, check on the list first, but bug reports are how problems should be reported in order to get solved. And, 2. maybe I'm wrong, it's just a matter of opinions here right? But it still feels like adding support for new platforms and sometimes obscure features comes before making sure that what's there works all the time and has all the basic features easy to use or extend. But you know what? I mostly feel that on days when I step into something really akward or that prevents me from doing something I would want without having to write the thing in C myself or more often having to beg for it to some plugin developpers. Most other days, I'm only too happy to tell people who don't know RB how great it is, how flexible and fast it is to work with... So there you go, Louis Veillette _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
