Posted by Bergamot on 07/20/07 23:43

Animesh K wrote:
> Sherm Pendley wrote:
>>
>> It's a *beta* - have you reported the bug to Apple?
>
> Beta ... err. Well I am a cook and I am experimenting with dishes. Will
> you be my guest and get bad food just because my dish is Beta.

Sure - it happens all the time. I come from a family of cooks, so I know.

> And top
> of that, can you suggest corrective measure about my cooking?

It is not the responsibility of the bug reporter to debug, only to
report the error and provide enough info for the programmer to debug it.

> Who pays
> for the stomach disorder?

You aren't obligated to use beta software. If you aren't comfortable
using unproven software, wait for the official release.

> Apple is not a freeware company. An open-source freeware being beta
> makes a lot of sense since volunteers are needed for free projects. An
> old man just interested in browser-market-capture should not impose
> junk-free stuff as Beta.

Gee, I guess we should tell this to Microsoft next time they want to
release a new version of IE for beta testing. ;) BTW, nobody "imposed"
this thing on you. You are free to *not* use it.

> if
> Safari misbehaves. Who reports the error? It's a headache of Steve, not
> mine.

Beta software will have bugs - it's the nature of the beast. Get over it
or don't use it, but it's pointless to whine about it.

--
Berg

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