Als Antwort auf: / As an answer to: Re: Insomniac geschrieben von: / posted by: Mogens Larsen at 04 May 2000 15:29:30:
I stumbled across this thread, and I would like to say a few things about my odd approach, isolationism, and reluctance to answer emails. (;Absolutely, there isn't time enough to try all programs as extensively as you would want.I think if you have been given a special test version by a program author not offered for the public he decided to give it to _you_ and you shouldn't give it to anyone else without explicit agreement by the author .
If the author decides not to give newer versions to you , so what ? It is _his_ program and if he wants to have it only for himself or wants to give it to people whose name start with "Y" that's only up to him .
In fact I don't understand why everyone is so upset about programs that are not public ; aren't there already enough great public ones?
It seems to me a program author giving his beta-versions to testers will have to decide if the results are valuable for him or not : might hurt if he finds out your results are not valuable for him at the moment, but I can imagine multiple other much more harmless reasons too .
Only my humble opinion for sure as usual ...
So can I, but it is the lack of information I resent. I _might_ get a newer version from James in a month or so. But it would be nice to receive some information i the nine months in between versions.
Much appreciated.
Best wishes...
Mogens
First, I have been busy with school and don't have time to work on my program until the semester ends. As a result, recieving analyzed games or test results is in most cases not very useful because I can't easily use them.
Second, I don't know why you would say I don't answer emails. By my records, you have sent me 39 emails in the course of a year and I have responded to 33 of them, including the latest 11. Perhaps I have misfiled some, but I am usually pretty careful.
Third, I think my motives for not distributing my program were misinterpreted. It seems at least a few people have come to the conclusion that I have an odd approach and isolationist tendencies, but this is extreme. Before the 99 DOCCC several dozen people helped me test Insomniac, and I greatly value their input. I see no reason why I would not do something similar before another big event.
Finally, I don't want Insomniac distributed because testing with either old or new versions won't help me. I just don't have enough time to improve Insomniac until the semester ends. Besides, I don't think that having version 0.53 lose a bunch of games really helps me find current problems or makes me feel any better. I don't think people realise how much I hate to watch Insomniac lose. It reminds me (this is a very rough analogy) of stories about early settlers in America that were tied up by indians while their childred were cruelly tortured.
Bottom line: I don't want to expose my baby to danger unless I can help him.
)James
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