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Subject: 
Re: NXT release date.
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:27:14 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Kevin L. Clague wrote:
> > The downside is logistics and managing a large bunch of Beta testers.  There
> > would need to be a central place for all participants of the program can
> > contribute and communicate with one another as well as any legal constraints
> > the program encompasses and needs to enforce (obviously, larger program
> > participants, harder to enforce).
> 
> I suspect that logistics is a big issue.  I am a debugger for a living, and
> know how to report the information that is critical to a bug.
> 
> As a developer (of LPub and LSynth for example).  Most of the bugs reported to
> me are extremely vague "I tried this and it didn't work.  Any ideas?"
> 
> This is pretty tough to work with.  Maybe they are trying not to set themselves
> up for input overload.

Yeah, I can understand though I still contend 100 is too small darn it!  But
your point is well understood (especially by me who has dealt with countless
examples of this scenario).

> I just think it is fabulous that LEGO is providing the Mindstorms Development
> Program. Never seen such a thing done so publicly.

Its fantastic no doubt!  Very rarely do you find such a positive synergistic
relantionship between the company and the public community in the market.

-aps



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  Re: NXT release date.
 
(...) I suspect that the logistics is a big issue. I am a debugger for a living, and know how to report the information that is critical to a bug. As a developer (of LPub and LSynth for example). Most of the bugs reported to me are extremely vague (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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