The Technofile Web site has moved. Where once we were cautious about what we installed on our computers, now we merrily grab the latest test versions of anything that comes along. We might have second thoughts if the software comes from the kid down the block or from some company we've never heard of. But we're first in line to give Microsoft or Netscape or AOL a chance to fry our hard drives with something they're not finished working on. We just don't get the message when it comes to beta software.
Testing is easy.
Getting the bugs out is hard. Here's where I can speak from experience. They just don't know how to find them. So the people who create the software need somebody else to find the bugs. They need two different kinds of bug-finders, in fact.