George Goff writes:

><< 5) General comments and suggestions. Be brutally honest. I really want
>to know. >>
>
>Ron, my man, instead of expecting a free ride from the List, why don't
>you just break down and hire someone who knows what they are doing?
>Now, can I give my 10 points to someone else?

Couple of things:

1) Ron had indeed offered to pay for our testing, 10% is real money when
   I add up the list of parts I'd like to buy.
2) Ron is running a business that makes money off of us -- true enough.
   But he is also providing a service to the community -- both with his
   business and by improving his web site -- it seems only fair that he
   should ask for help.  We have no obligation to respond.
3) In my 20 plus years in software a beta test has pretty consistently
   meant a public test.  The purpose of the test is to find out what the
   "experts" have missed -- real users think of things that no product
   manager or engineer can conceive of :-)  In my experience most
   testers have felt adequately compenstated by the thrill of being in
   the inner circle and knowing that they have some influence on the
   final outcome.

Doug
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