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From: gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore)
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Subject: Tired of paying to be a beta tester?
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Date: Mon, 4-Aug-86 03:12:32 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug  4 03:12:32 1986
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In article <523430059.rling@uw-june.ARPA>, Robert Ling writes:
>                                                               I'm just
> tired of PAYING to BE a beta tester.

Then don't buy any program until it's been on the market about 6 months.
The primary advantages of being an early customer are:

    *	You get it before everybody else; and
    *	Your opinion about what needs fixing is more likely to be heard,
	since the developers are still actively working on it.

The primary disadvantage is:

    *	It probably doesn't work very well.

But you get to make that tradeoff.
-- 
John Gilmore  {sun,ptsfa,lll-crg,ihnp4}!hoptoad!gnu   jgilmore@lll-crg.arpa
		     May the Source be with you!