Path: news.net.uni-c.dk!logbridge.uoregon.edu!xmission!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!nntp-relay.ihug.net!lust.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!see From: see@sig.below (Barb Knox) Newsgroups: comp.edu,comp.hardware,comp.os.os2.beta,comp.lang.beta,comp.misc Subject: Re: Beta Testing Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 10:29:12 +1200 Organization: I'm not unemployed; I'm a consultant Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <3CC567A8.6010805@gte.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 203-173-242-177.adsl.ihug.co.nz X-Trace: lust.ihug.co.nz 1019600941 20139 203.173.242.177 (23 Apr 2002 22:29:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ihug.co.nz NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 22:29:01 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: MT-NewsWatcher 2.4.4 Xref: news.net.uni-c.dk comp.edu:34385 comp.os.os2.beta:76457 comp.lang.beta:13215 comp.misc:82315 In article <3CC567A8.6010805@gte.net>, Jason Stefanovich wrote: > Anteater wrote: > > > I have done Beta Testing before for such companies as Microsoft, AOL, > > etc. I do beta testing for a hobby. I would like to do more beta > > testing. I do not charge anything, or even request anything in return. > > > > If anyone knows where I could register. I prefer Operating Systems, > > and Hardware, but I am open to anything. > > > > Jkeagle13@aol.com > > > > THANKS! > > > Nobody who's worth their salt at it does beta testing for fun. From the other end, no serious software developers would entrust their beta testing to some random amateurs. > Even *properly* beta testing my own code is a pain in the butt. A minor nit: Beta testing is when *outsiders* test the software; alpha testing is when insiders test it; and just plain testing is when the developers test it. > Jason S. > Software Test Analyst > US Army Maybe the army uses non-standard terminology here (which wouldn't be the first time; e.g. look up "military target" in your field handbook...) -- --------------------------- | BBB b \ barbara minus knox at iname stop com | B B aa rrr b | | BBB a a r bbb | | B B a a r b b | | BBB aa a r bbb | -----------------------------