The permanent software beta test · Proposed air date:
A caller asks whether online-game patches turn paying users into beta testers. Dr. Dave broadens the question into an early prediction that software will move toward subscriptions and continuous releases, while warning that customers already absorb too many defects and may tolerate that bargain less readily in business software.
This excerpt runs from 3:55.554 to 6:19.326 within its preserved source recording.
Proposed recording date: 2008-10-18. The exact broadcast date may differ.
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