There's no problem with their release candidates being put up. People
complained last time around that they weren't given sufficient opportunity
to beta test the 3.30 product before it was released. Besides, this
particular cycle leading up to the 3.3.1 final version is very much
concerned with internet access. Typical users of JFW? Who are they?
People are having Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Office 95, Office
97, Office 2000, various flavours of WordPerfect ... and the list goes on!
The beta/release ccandidates are getting better because of the involvement
of a multitude of various users with differeing, even conflicting, needs. .
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Milliman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: Release Candidate 2 is now posted on the hj web page
: JFW listers, please excuse my ignorance, but I am a bit confused! Yes,
: even more than usual! Is the a JFW version 3.3, a version 3.31, a version
: 3.31.31 and now, a version 3.31.35 Release Candidate 2???
:
: What in the hell is going on? Why is HJ putting up program versions full
: of problems and bugs for us to find for them. Doesn't HJ have competent
: enough people to find their programming problems an bugs? If we are going
: to do their work for them, then, it seems as if some of us should be hired
: as paid beta testers.
:
: Do not misunderstand. I am very reluctant to criticize HJ because I am
: deeply appreciative of their work and am a genuine admirer of Ted Henter
: and what he has accomplished. However, releasing a program, even as a
: "release candidate" prematurely, with the objective of letting us find the
: problems and bugs, is a highly questionable practice. I suggest that they
: establish a "representative" group of typical users as paid beta testers,
: send them the release candidates, and then, after the problems and bugs
are
: worked out, HJ can put it up for the rest of us to download and/or they
can
: ship them out to us as officially released upgrades or new versions. I
: realize that even then we will probably find a few small problems, but the
: current approach is only creating chaos, giving them a poor reputation,
and
: confusing many users.
:
: Ron Milliman
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