Re: [LegacyUG] Beta testing

2013-12-04 Thread Chris Seens
Actually I just went through this BETA process for 'Perfect Photo Suite 8' by Onone Software. They actually went through 3 public BETA versions before the final version was released last week. On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 11:37 PM, Lee Bruch lbr...@nwlink.com=mailto:lbr...@nwlink.com; wrote:

RE: [LegacyUG] Beta testing

2013-12-04 Thread David Abernathy
Lee Bruch, I think you are referring to the Microsoft “Public Beta’s”. Microsoft is the only software OEM that I am aware that has done this. I have done Beta testing for several OEM’s and it is not unusual to go through 3-5 versions. On one beta we had 9 versions to test, before it was sent

Re: [LegacyUG] Beta testing

2013-12-04 Thread M. Brenzel
David, I purchased the download-only versions of Legacy 8 and the manual. The email containing my customer number contained not only the instructions for downloading and unlocking the deluxe version but the manual as well. Look down towards the bottom of the email for those instructions.

[LegacyUG] Beta testing

2013-12-03 Thread Lee Bruch
At one time, after the formalized Beta testing by professionals, often software was released to the general public still labeled as “Beta” for the first while. This had several benefits: 1. The wider “public” group, using a much wider assortment of software, hardware, and personal