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From: matth@bellatlantic.net (Matthew Hulett)
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Subject: Re: Major problem with my Yaroze! :(
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 23:19:21 GMT
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>Toby (who's FreeBSD pc has *never* crashed - I know, I know, I can't
>play most new DirectX games - that's why I have a playstation).

   Never? That's impressive. I find it sad that companies now seem
resigned to release software that is bug-ridden, and that in America
they are considering rewriting contracts and warranties to say that if
their software screws up your drive's contents, your OS, etc... you
are on your own. 
   I can understand that there will always be unforseeable problems,
but when Win '98 locks up and crashes on Bill Gates, in a public
demonstration he gave a month ago, well, maybe an extra few months in
development could not hurt. It seems companies are happy to let the
public do their testing for them.
   Mario was using the beta 3 release of Win '98, and he was a tester,
that's true. But I am convinced that in this atmosphere, people have
to be somewhat carefree to install the first or second release of any
program. Let others do the testing and have the pain...

-Matt