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My position is that we only participate in the Final Beta.<br>
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My reasoning being :<br>
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<li><span class="author-g-tkgsbwca10vmw9mc">1 - while we might get
a handful of people testing - they only see what's been listed
- rarely see new things listed</span></li>
<li><span class="author-g-tkgsbwca10vmw9mc">2 - </span><span
class="author-g-tkgsbwca10vmw9mc"><span
class="author-g-tkgsbwca10vmw9mc">users think it's something
to use for weeks and weeks - totally breaking the use of the
dailies</span></span></li>
<li><span class="author-g-tkgsbwca10vmw9mc">3 - </span><span
class="author-g-tkgsbwca10vmw9mc">more work in-house dealing
with both release notes on wiki and website</span></li>
<li><span class="author-g-tkgsbwca10vmw9mc">4 - we have to provide
someone now (read one of the release team - read me ;) ) and
again to run the milestones with -release team</span></li>
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<p>While points 3 and 4 deserve mention - it is points 1 and 2 which
are more important imo.<br>
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<p>I don't believe that we gain much from doing the first beta and
it in fact is more likely to cost us.<br>
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<p>regards<br>
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<p>Kev<br>
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