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Oct 23, 2002, 6:59pm

You seem to be of the same mistaken opinion as the rest of those lazy..... nevermind.... 999 told me
the reason they do not release a *nix version is "it would just be one more thing to track." I can
understand that, as I see the dev team is a very busy bunch. However, that's a sorry excuse for
something of this nature.

What if there's a problem with the *nix port of the server; some bug specific to only that build. So
then, after the beta is over, they'll release an untested (relatively untested, compared to the
windows server) build for production use. That's dangerous... And that is specifically what the beta
period is for by definition alone. Both builds need to be released so they can both be tested in
tandem. As programmers it is part of their job to do that. They need to do their damn jobs instead
of crying and saying "we don't want to because it'll be too much work". If it's too much work then
find another job.

The beta is for testing the browser and server *before* they are released as production builds. It
only makes logical sense to test both windows and *nix versions of the server. Creating and tracking
a *nix build would not be that much more trouble. The effort would be worth the better product in
the end.

-Jeremy


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