Hi Dierk On Sunday, August 17, 2003 1:12:33 PM you wrote:
>> And it seems that your copy of 2.0Beta2 is registered > Perhaps I hacked it? Ha ha - can't you tell me the truth or are such secrets now a part of the new policy? >> But a beta tester with a new key? So RITLabs split testers now in two >> classes? > Perhaps there are other considerations? For example? >> Changing registration keys during a beta cycle should be "result" of >> marketing discussion? In my opinion then a very strange "marketing"... > I've seen stranger marketing decisions. Yes of course - you can always find things which are worse. But is should be an argument for this policy? I hope not. > That wasn't my point; RITLabs scheme may be an innovation, but it > isn't unheard of to secure one's income through limiting betas. Aha - so I was not wrong that this "policy" will kill public beta testing an let only private testers go on. Without an detailed explanation? But this is not marketing - this is surprise tactics. > RITLabs never used the "Fixed-date" scheme for beta testing, they were > much more concerned with quality. One consequence is the impossibility > of publishing a time-limited beta. But it is TB which secures at least > a portion of the incomes for Stefan and his fellows. So they had to do > something about this, or? A very strange way and policy. To give at first public betas and at the end to "reward" the help of all these users you let them pay again? No please! What is a software development without the bug feedback from users? >> Instead to fix bugs they implement a "new" policy and this will >> frustrate a lot of beta testers - again, I don't understand it. > "Instead"? I see they are still bug-fixing. Yes but you can use this bug-fixed version only with a new key. > Let's try to be reasonable, take a step back and try to find the real > question: Would you pay for further use of TB? If the answer is "yes", > where is the problem? If the answer is "no", again, where is the > problem? No - these are not the questions here. If RITLabs would have answers to such questions they should ask them clear and fair - this new key "feature" in a beta cycle is not fair. -- Best regards, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] TheBat! 2.0 Beta/1 on Windows 2000 5 2195 Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 2.0b2 | "Using TBBETA" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
