Re: recomendations for creating a beta with date to expire
Re: recomendations for creating a beta with date to expire
- Subject: Re: recomendations for creating a beta with date to expire
- From: Scott Ribe <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:05:54 -0600
On Aug 15, 2011, at 8:55 AM, Shawn Bakhtiar wrote:
> But you are forcing your users hand, which is never a good thing. They may need more time, or lack the resources to continually upgrade.
>
> I tent to give users choice, and as much as possible build the app forward compatible (get the Model(VC) right from the beginning, it means A LOT). You can't do it always, but shirking that responsibility to the user, by having them HAVE TO upgrade, is just bad form, again this is just MHO.
It's a *beta*, assuming it's a real beta and not a marketing gimmick, the customer needs to accept certain responsibilities. And I said closed beta, which means you should be picking customers who understand and accept those responsibilities--including the limitation that it is *not* a finished product.
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Scott Ribe
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