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Old 10-10-2011, 01:08 PM
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So you complain about how we can dare to raise critics on a beta patch because you think we don't understand the word "beta"?
Correct!

Just replace 'raise critics on' with 'whine about finding a bug in' and you will be 100% correct!

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Well the word "patch" is also inside this, dear friends!
So?

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And patch in my opinion means that an existing thing is made better.
In your opinion, but clearly not everyone opinion.

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I just don't understand why formerly working things need to be destroyed for placing new features - this is just not what I expect to be a "patch" - beta or not.
Because you clearly do not understand the interactions of software changes.. As in how a fix hear can sometimes break something there, or how a coding mistake itself can break something. They are only human, hence the whole concept behind 'beta' testing

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Maybe we just need a new name for it. midnight try-out or something like that...
Nope, just need people understand the meaning of the current word 'beta' in that it means try-out
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