People seem to have a hard time hearing what Ken says, about a lot of things. I don't think Ken is saying here the idea of giving the beta to anyone else was never considered, it was just considered in stages - appropriate to not doing anything to discourage attendance at conferences and therefore acting in the best interests of the Fox community as a whole. Completely appropriate and good strategy.
Ken is actually pretty clear about what he says - and what he doesn't say. People just have a tendancy to hear what they want to hear.
>Do you
really want to call Ken a liar? See
http://www.levelextreme.com/wconnect/wc.dll?FournierTransformation~2,15,718215>
>>Do you *really* believe the gradual release of the beta to the public was not pre-determined (probably correctly) in a way so as not to jeopardize conference registrations?
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>>>DREAM A LITTLE. After all, MS and KenL in particular were firm that there was ONLY to be beta distribution at DevCon. But some people (not me, sadly) persisted, kept the dream alive, and the rest is history.
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