Posted: 20 Aug 2006, 21:14
Steve, no problems at all with your point of view. My comment about being a beta tester is with respect to many many people who try the demo then reporting bugs and issues back to MS - a bit like beta testing really.
I should declare at this point that in my day job some of what I do is to develop and test (usually though FAT, CAT and UAT - not money related and if you don't know it really doesn't matter) new systems. I have a few to my name and have been in the business for many years.
Back to good old FSX - Taildragger (Mike) on his forum pretty much indicated that the demo had been rushed and in hind-sight (a wonderful thing) it was probably released far too early; however an MS decision which has reaped rewards (beta testing - unofficial) and brickbats (e.g. this forum).
It is clear that many people have been turned off by the demo but a few are also excited by it (I've managed to contain mine - in a small box under the stairs). I think it would be a good idea to release a second demo when most, if not all, of the bugs have been fixed. Incidentally taking a system to UAT (User Acceptance Testing) when it's full of bugs is one of the big no no's in the real world.
As a final thought (in this post) if the real thing is so good why release a demo with so many flaws?
Regards,
Chris
I should declare at this point that in my day job some of what I do is to develop and test (usually though FAT, CAT and UAT - not money related and if you don't know it really doesn't matter) new systems. I have a few to my name and have been in the business for many years.
Back to good old FSX - Taildragger (Mike) on his forum pretty much indicated that the demo had been rushed and in hind-sight (a wonderful thing) it was probably released far too early; however an MS decision which has reaped rewards (beta testing - unofficial) and brickbats (e.g. this forum).
It is clear that many people have been turned off by the demo but a few are also excited by it (I've managed to contain mine - in a small box under the stairs). I think it would be a good idea to release a second demo when most, if not all, of the bugs have been fixed. Incidentally taking a system to UAT (User Acceptance Testing) when it's full of bugs is one of the big no no's in the real world.
As a final thought (in this post) if the real thing is so good why release a demo with so many flaws?
Regards,
Chris