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From: dannie@coplex.UUCP (Dannie Gregoire)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.marketplace
Subject: Re: Does Commodore really want to sell WB2.0? I Dont Think So.
Message-ID: <242@coplex.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jan 91 17:23:25 GMT
References: <241@coplex.UUCP> <1991Jan11.003327.14423@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Organization: Copper Electronics Inc.; Louisville, Ky
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martin@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Daniel Martin) writes:

>>   So, what exactly are they doing at Commodore?  Beta-Testing? 
>>Chi-Testing?  The most heard complaint of Amiga equipment is the old
>>WorkBench system, yet Commodore seems to want to wait until the
>>hardware is obsolete.
>>
>    The same people who wants 2.0 now, would be very unpleased if the
>new release they paid for was bug ridden.  In fact, yes 2.0 is still
>in the testing phaze.  I believe it will be release on ROM *SOON*.

>    When I bought a A3000, I received a sheet saying that OS2.0 is still
>beta.  That meant possible bugs and troubles.  And in the beginning it
>had quite a few of them (I used 1.3 for a while, since I had to work!).
>All revision up to now (2.04) fixes important bugs.

>    You can't expect to let every amiga users use a beta versions of an OS, 
>without MAJOR problems.  For instance what would think a business 
>upgrading to 2.0 (with honest hopes), when they see that their favorite
>softwares doesn't work properly or that the OS sometimes thrash their 
>HardDisks?  What would YOU think if just before printing a session 
>report at 5:00 AM the partition where this file is located becomes
>corrupted?

I'd be much more pleased to be a happy commodore owner willingly knowing
that I am going to be getting a beta OS, rather than pay $3500 for a new
A3000 with a buggy OS!  (Yes I know you can switch to 1.3 on the 3000 but 
what's the point??)

You mention that you do not what high end users to end up with a buggy OS.
Well, that is precisly what has happened.  The higher end/business users
have most likely purchased an A3000 and have the buggy OS ripping away
their file partitions as we speak ;-)

There are countless loyal A500 and A2000 users who are VERY willing to contiue
this BETA test if that's what the 2.0 delay is all about.   IMHO a beta
test should not be conducted in such a manner.  a BETA test should be
conducted amongst people who a rigorously testing the ins and outs and
report all problems.  It should not be conducted amonst the general public.
Despite Commodore's testing techniques, it is taking them a hell of a long
time!!  Perhaps if their test was conducted a little more orderly it would
not take so long to get 2.0 to market!

Dannie Gregoire		
Copper Electronics
dannie@coplex