Hello Kenneth! On Tuesday, March 12, 2002 at 7:07:44 PM you wrote:
> However, if the company is so concerned about saving the bandwidth > cost, then perhaps they should go private . . . Nothing against the pros and cons Maxxx and you mention or acknowledge. I just think that all in all public testing may not be as efficient as closed one, but more effective. Certain problems are - for every software/hardware - system dependent. Consider the memory leak for the RTV, it couldn't be detected, according to Alexander, within RITLabs because Win9x isn't used there. Chances are that a closed beta cycle would be held with computer versed people like Marck or Peter Palmreuther who work in computing using any colour of WinNT. Some years ago, when Opera was a very small company, they had public betas. Sometime around the 3.6 versions they decided to close beta testing leading to the infamous 4.x series. A few weeks ago they returned to public testing - although slightly enhanced through using their own news server. And Opera was very delighted about the results, in quality and quantity. A lot of bugs and glitches could be identified and worked out that couldn't have been found that easily in a closed circuit. As an example I just cite some printing difficulties with certain printers (all of the HP kind). My brandnew Kyocera laser printer has some very stupid glitches - like not being able to print correctly from CorelDraw. Some of them should have been found in closed betas (corrupt driver on CD, a software that works on some systems but not on others, very erratic), others are definitely an environmental problem, like the ability to work correctly with FinePrint or ClickBook.* Just my two cents. *BTW, if anyone has difficulties printing PDF's from Acrobat Reader, check "Print as graphic". -- Dierk Haasis http://www.Write4U.de http://Interest.Write4U.de/pongo PGP keys available: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=SendMyPGPkeys The Bat 1.54 Beta/47 on Windows 95 4.0 1212 C Pray: To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy. (Ambrose Bierce) -- _________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbbeta.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wish List : https://bt.ritlabs.com/ BugTraq : https://bt.ritlabs.com/
