[cw-discuss] codeweaver beta vote ethics

[Olaf Frączyk]

Hi,

I suppose you misunderstand the idea of votes.
Votes are to show what applications are the customers interested in.
They are not to show how nice an application works.

So if you want an application to work flawlessly and you are a customer
then you vote for this app, and codeweaver people know, that if they
support it, you will be willing to spend money eg. for support
extension. And they know how many licenses you have so they can assume
how much money they will get.

If you are not a customer but a potential one, you just say, I will pay
you amount of money if you make this application work.

This is more or less how it works (in my understanding).

Regards,

Olaf

On Sun, 2006-10-01 at 09:45 +0000, pere villez wrote:
> I think that maybe I didn't quite explain myself very well.
> 
> Sure I know its easier to use than a lot of other products but im not sure 
> how that is relevant to my comment as I agree.
> 
> three weeks ago when I downloaded the software it allowed me to give ratings 
> with regards compatibility. I did this with Audiomulch, Sync Modular and 
> Buzz. I even got a message from someone at Codeweavers, saying the comments 
> were interesting.
> 
> I do not see those rating reflected on the current compatibility pages. In 
> fact it blatantly says those three products have not been tested. What I am 
> saying  is that it needs more consistency.
> 
> I think my point was, that in experience the more votes more products have 
> showing that Crossover has "wide-ranging" compatibility the more people will 
> come to it and purchase it. So allowing beta's to vote for those 
> compatibility helps development and customer base. If you allow  people to 
> beta for you, let them give there opinion to potential other customers.
> 
> 
> regards Pere
> 
> >From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <andrew at pitonyak.org>
> >To: Jeremy White <jwhite at codeweavers.com>
> >CC: pere villez <perevillez at hotmail.com>, discuss at www1.codeweavers.com
> >Subject: Re: [cw-discuss] codeweaver beta vote ethics
> >Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 22:50:30 -0400
> >
> >I would like to add that I chose to purchase codeweaver for the following 
> >reasons:
> >
> >1. It is MUCH easier to use than Wine.
> >2. Although I have no need, I did have a "it would be nice if" and I wanted 
> >to support their development.
> >
> >So, I purchased the product.
> >
> >Jeremy White wrote:
> >
> >>Hi Pere,
> >>
> >>First of all - thanks for participating on the Compatibility Center -
> >>we really appreciate that.
> >>
> >>Second, I suspect we could make the distinction between voting
> >>and pledging a bit more clear.  The idea is that being a customer
> >>earns you a vote.  Non customers instead 'pledge'.  We try to
> >>guide folks to those choices when they click on the
> >>'I need this app to run' link in the compatibility center.
> >>
> >>We then try to balance the demands of our customers
> >>(represented both by tickets and votes) with the demands
> >>of potential customers (represented by the pledges).
> >>
> >>So there is absolutely no need to buy the product to
> >>indicate that you have need of a given feature.
> >>
> >>We are arguably a bit mercenary in that we do ask folks
> >>to put their money where their mouth is.  That is, non
> >>customers don't get a generic 'vote' - they instead need
> >>to essentially say to us:  "If you fix this, I will buy X".
> >>We tally the Xs and pursue the biggest ones first.
> >>
> >>Candidly, we're a small company - we're not exactly
> >>swimming in cash, so we need to be very careful with what
> >>we do so as to maximize our ability to thrive and continue to
> >>improve Wine.
> >>
> >>Cheers,
> >>
> >>Jeremy
> >>
> >>pere villez wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >
> >--
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> >
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