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#CertDeveloper Betas?

    03-Mar-90 13:19:20
Fm: Steve Ahlstrom 76703,2006
To: Norvel Reeves 76625,2772
I can't say much since I'm under non-disclosure. My feeling for betas going to commercial developers first then certified developers is so CATS can control the info gained from their experience. That information will more than likely be more reliable than if it came from the general user population. A lot of things will break under 1.4. The vast majority of it will be because the application program is written incorrectly, not because of bugs in the OS. The developer community is more likely to be able to determine the problem rather than report a general "XXX doesn't work, the OS is broken". If something doesn't work the problem has to be narrowed down to exactly what is broken, the app (most likely) or the OS. CATS feels the developer to be best suited to track that down.