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by jacque » Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:13 pm
Just so that newcomers aren't misled:
RR does send information to all their customers about their products. Obviously they want to keep the customers informed. The purpose of the developer program is not to learn about new products (though they do learn about them earlier) but to influence the development of the next engine. The developer participants can suggest new features, discuss language/syntax changes, and contribute to the direction the next version will take. They also have direct access to the RR engineers, who participate on the list, and can get immediate responses about various issues. There are other benefits too, including future roadmaps and company direction as a whole. In other words, the developer program gives you direct access to the team while active development is happening.
There is a free trial available in the Getting Started area of the web site. You don't have to pay.
No one in the community officially beta tests. The developer program does get pre-release versions for feedback purposes, and of course bugs are reported against those, but the primary purpose of the pre-release versions is to get feedback about changes or additional features. If you don't want to run the pre-release versions, that's fine, you can wait until the final one is released.
Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw dot com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
(I think it is the same for the other platforms)
