----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Watts"

> > I don't know what Bob's needs are, but we regularly want to
> > evaluate a piece of software before even putting it on our
> > test server. Our test server is a mirror of the production
> > server and shouldn't have random evaluation stuff or beta
> > testing software put on it. But the personal Developer
> > license doesn't give our department the ability to actually
> > look at the product being tested without everyone standing
> > over someone's shoulder.
>
> Isn't that what the 30-day Trial Version is for? Or am I missing
something?

That's fine if you're testing everything within that 30-day period. But most
of the things I have don't all come up in the same month. And wiping the box
and reinstalling everything every 30 days isn't practical.

And at least around here, nothing can be really tested in 30 days AND people
still work on all the other things we get paid to do. It's usually: install,
make sure it runs, send out an email for people to look at it, a couple
weeks later enough people have gotten around to looking at it that we can
talk about it and decide what to look at more. A real project with a high
priority comes up and requires attention and puts off testing for weeks.
Repeat for at least 3 months. Heck, just getting a followup meeting for some
committees around here doesn't happen within 30 days. Maybe smaller shops
that don't have a lot of work to do can get stuff fully evaluated within 30
days, but we sure don't.

Lest I come off as whining, I'm not meaning to. I'm just stating the facts
of our situation and why it would be nice to have a $50 developer workgroup
license or something.

-Kevin
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