Mark Peugeot,
Network One
PS- I think livingston is doing a good overall job, I would just like to see
some more frequent releases.
>
> You can't be serious.
>
> 3.8b15 is exactly what it says it is - BETA software. It appears to me
> there is a terrible lack of understanding about exactly what BETA means.
>
> >From comments here (and many other places, I'm not trying to single out
> anyone in particular), it looks like many, many of you expect any software
> released from Lucent to be "production quality." Even if they state,
> OPENLY AND LOUDLY, that it is not. Those who expect such, then, are fools.
>
> If you need stable, reliable software in a production environment, the
> answer is really quite simple: DON'T EVER USE BETA SOFTWARE.
>
> The constant bitching about beta software that doesn't work perfectly is
> hilarious - beta software never has been perfect, and beta software never
> will be (though 3.8b13 is pretty darn good).
>
> Let me be more succinct: if you don't have a spare Portmaster to play
> around with, don't load beta code. If you load it into a production
> environment, and it fails, you have only yourself to blame. Don't bitch to
> Lucent, don't bitch to the list... no amount of bitching is ever going to
> make beta software work perfectly in every environment.
>
>
> Dave Stewart
> System Manager
> Homenet Communications, Inc.
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