Posted by Jeff Rife on 11/14/05 17:18

Bob (spam@uce.gov) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 22:55:03 -0500, Jeff Rife <wevsr@nabs.net> wrote:
>
> >But, demanding a free copy when they have no clue if you really know
> >anything at all about video isn't a good way to start a relationship.
>
> How do you know what I did?

Uh, because you told us:

|> I also offered to become a beta test site for VideoReDo, but the
|> person who responded would not offer me a free copy of the application
|> in return for my contributions. So I have this collection of bugs that
|> he will not know about from me.

So, basically, you tried to extort a free copy from them by saying you had
bugs to report, but you won't let them know about the bugs unless you get
that free copy.

> You like working for free. I don't. The least they could have done is
> provide me with a free copy. The fact that didn't tells me they do not
> really take beta test sites seriously.

Again, as I said, their betas are free for downloading for anyone. Their
*alphas* are restricted to people who show they have some responsiblility
and knowledge. People that have made good reports of beta bugs on their
forums have been pulled into the alpha program. That seems entirely fair
to me.

--
Jeff Rife | "In those days Mars was a dreary uninhabitable
| wasteland much like Utah, but unlike Utah, Mars
| was eventually made livable."
| -- Professor Farnsworth, "Futurama"

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