On 05/15/2014 12:06 PM, Charles-H. Schulz wrote:
Hello Tim,
Le 15.05.2014 15:30, Kracked_P_P---webmaster a écrit :
On 05/15/2014 03:43 AM, Charles-H. Schulz wrote:
Hello Tim,
Le 14.05.2014 22:22, Kracked_P_P---webmaster a écrit :
I read this article this morning.
Interesting article.
Since it comes from CNN Money, it might help with some marketing
issues that could creep up from time to time.
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http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/13/technology/innovation/beta-
testing/index.html Innovation Nation
The end of polished and perfect software
By Adrian Covert @CNNTech May 13, 2014: 8:21 AM ET
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LO does do offer "true Beta" version
should have read
LO does not offer "true Beta" version
okay, but that's a factually wrong statement :-)
Yes we do offer a beta version, but not disguised as a full release
version.
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I do agree. And keep in mind that at this stage, the tag "stable" is
very
much in test. We have noticed it is somewhat misleading, as users
come back
to us (users list, blogs, tweets, etc.) and tell us: "so that's the
stable
version then, what's the other one for?" We may end up changing that
tag
sooner rather than later. But as you know, marketing is far from
being an
exact science.
It would be nice to have a better term than "Stable" in view that it
could
be taken that the "Fresh" version is not "stable", even though it is.
There is just a lot of new things in the "Fresh" line that needs some
added work.
It is really hard to explain to most local users why we have two
lines
and what the difference. Most of the software that they look at do
not offer a two "line" option. Maybe we could get some text that
could be placed in a "brochure" to help local marketers with this
"issue".
Sure, but I disagree with you about the two lines. How come MS still
offers two version of Microsoft office (MSO 2013 and MSO 2010)? Are
users
equally confused?
I did not know that MS was still selling MSO-2010.
The fact that now there is a CNN article telling people that there
are
companies "knowingly" give users beta software as a "final release"
version is something that really should not be done. LO does not do
this type of thing.
Well, let's be very careful here. If companies do this, it is on
their
sole responsibility. I frankly do not see TDF doing that, ever. But,
since
these are office suites, and not airliners, nor trains or cars, we
can also
safely distribute LibreOffice beta versions, with a very clear
language
stating that's it should not be meant for production use but that we
are
happy to give a preview and welcome feedback and bug reports.
Best,
Charles.
At least we state our "beta" version as "beta" or early "release
candidates" versions and not as if they were "final release" version.
TDF/LO keeps the alpha, beta, RCx, and "final" release version named
as
such. Of course the final RC version is the one that is released as
the
version that "normal" users will install. I just hate those companies
that
offer a product that is actually an alpha or beta as their
non-alpha/beta
version.
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