Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!bloom-beacon!think!ames!ptsfa!hoptoad!academ!uhnix1!nuchat!biff From: biff@nuchat.UUCP (Brad Daniels) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.misc,news.misc Subject: Re: How to run a Beta Test Message-ID: <263@nuchat.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Jul-87 21:42:35 EDT Article-I.D.: nuchat.263 Posted: Tue Jul 14 21:42:35 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Jul-87 06:47:55 EDT References: <23057@sun.uucp> <2937@blia.BLI.COM> Organization: Public Access - Houston, Tx Lines: 17 Summary: Yes, but.... Xref: mnetor comp.sys.mac:4810 comp.misc:853 news.misc:775 In article <2937@blia.BLI.COM>, billc@blia.BLI.COM (Bill Coffin) writes: > Here's something that helped a lot: Set up all pre-release > software to print a banner on startup. The banner should say > a lot of intimidating things like "Beta Pre-release" and/or > "for TEST only". Remove the banner (or make it prettier) when > doing the final release. This will work fine for commercial sites, but I don't think they're the problem in most cases. If you're producing PC software, you have to worry about the weekend pirates. I don't know about now, but when I was in high school, it was considered quite a coup to get software that said "Beta Pre-Release" all over it..... - Brad -- Brad Daniels ...!soma!eyeball!biff Now that I have my own account, biff@tethys.rice.edu I don't NEED a disclaimer. ...!uhnix1!nuchat!biff