Looking for Beta Testers for Training Log Software - Triathlon Week

11-10-2004, 01:13 AM

Hi,
We're looking for about 10 people to test a pre-release version of our
Windows Training Diary software. The software requires Windows 98 SE
or newer.

We're looking for athletes who use Polar S610, S625x, S710, S720, S725
or S810 Heart Rate Monitors (with or without cycling/running sensors)
and have one of the Polar computer interfaces. You should be willing
to use our software in parallel with either Polar's own Precision
Performance software or other third-party application that you
regularily use. You should be training at least 3 - 4 times a week
with your HRM.

In return for your feedback, we'll provide you with a full license for
the final version of TrainingLog.

If you are interested, send us details of your sports, training
schedule and heart rate monitor. Email - [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

Thanks & Regards

Stuart Tevendale
Director
OTAG Technologies Ltd

11-10-2004, 01:27 AM

Stuart Tevendale wrote:
> Hi,
> We're looking for about 10 people to test a pre-release version of our
> Windows Training Diary software. The software requires Windows 98 SE
> or newer.
>
> We're looking for athletes who use Polar S610, S625x, S710, S720, S725
> or S810 Heart Rate Monitors (with or without cycling/running sensors)
> and have one of the Polar computer interfaces. You should be willing
> to use our software in parallel with either Polar's own Precision
> Performance software or other third-party application that you
> regularily use. You should be training at least 3 - 4 times a week
> with your HRM.
>
> In return for your feedback, we'll provide you with a full license for
> the final version of TrainingLog.
>
> If you are interested, send us details of your sports, training
> schedule and heart rate monitor. Email - [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>
> Thanks & Regards
>
> Stuart Tevendale
> Director
> OTAG Technologies Ltd
HOw about an S510 and linux... that's newer than 98 (:

Steve

11-10-2004, 01:50 AM

"Stuart Tevendale" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].uk> wrote in message
news:18b021a6.0411100113.629d1138@posting.google.c om...
> Hi,
> We're looking for about 10 people to test a pre-release version of our
> Windows Training Diary software. The software requires Windows 98 SE
> or newer.
>
> We're looking for athletes who use Polar S610, S625x, S710, S720, S725
> or S810 Heart Rate Monitors (with or without cycling/running sensors)
> and have one of the Polar computer interfaces. You should be willing
> to use our software in parallel with either Polar's own Precision
> Performance software or other third-party application that you
> regularily use. You should be training at least 3 - 4 times a week
> with your HRM.
>
> In return for your feedback, we'll provide you with a full license for
> the final version of TrainingLog.
>
> If you are interested, send us details of your sports, training
> schedule and heart rate monitor. Email - [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>
> Thanks & Regards
>
> Stuart Tevendale
> Director
> OTAG Technologies Ltd

What would you say are the main advantages your software has over the Polar
software?

11-10-2004, 02:35 AM

Stuart Tevendale wrote:
> Hi,
> We're looking for about 10 people to test a pre-release version of our
> Windows Training Diary software. The software requires Windows 98 SE
> or newer.
>
> We're looking for athletes who use Polar S610, S625x, S710, S720, S725
> or S810 Heart Rate Monitors (with or without cycling/running sensors)
> and have one of the Polar computer interfaces. You should be willing
> to use our software in parallel with either Polar's own Precision
> Performance software or other third-party application that you
> regularily use. You should be training at least 3 - 4 times a week
> with your HRM.
>
> In return for your feedback, we'll provide you with a full license for
> the final version of TrainingLog.
>
> If you are interested, send us details of your sports, training
> schedule and heart rate monitor. Email - [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>
> Thanks & Regards
>
> Stuart Tevendale
> Director
> OTAG Technologies Ltd

Still writing software for Windows? No Linux version?
bad thing...

11-10-2004, 05:54 AM

Francesco Devittori <frenkatfrenkdtcm> wrote:

>
>Still writing software for Windows? No Linux version?
>bad thing...

Maybe they want sell more than 3 copies worldwide?

Mike Tennent
"IronPenguin"

11-10-2004, 06:06 AM

Leafing through rec.sport.triathlon, I read Mike Tennent's message of 10
Nov 2004:

>>Still writing software for Windows? No Linux version?
>>bad thing...
>
>
> Maybe they want sell more than 3 copies worldwide?

lol.

Phil M. - Still waiting for beta video tapes to make a comeback.

11-10-2004, 07:16 AM

Mike Tennent wrote:
> Francesco Devittori <frenkatfrenkdtcm> wrote:
>
>>
>> Still writing software for Windows? No Linux version?
>> bad thing...
>
>
> Maybe they want sell more than 3 copies worldwide?

Maybe they just want to be able to sell it. How many linux users are you
going to convince to *pay* for software, when there's so much perfectly
sketchy GPL software around? ;)

11-10-2004, 08:00 AM

"Doki" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]...
>
>
> Mike Tennent wrote:
>> Francesco Devittori <frenkatfrenkdtcm> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Still writing software for Windows? No Linux version?
>>> bad thing...
>>
>>
>> Maybe they want sell more than 3 copies worldwide?
>
> Maybe they just want to be able to sell it. How many linux users are you
> going to convince to *pay* for software, when there's so much perfectly
> sketchy GPL software around? ;)

As stated by a misguided Micro$oft lover?

11-10-2004, 08:50 AM

Francesco Devittori <frenkatfrenkdtcm> wrote in message news:<4191eed6$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].ch>...
>
> Still writing software for Windows? No Linux version?
> bad thing...

I can only assume you're not serious. Consumer marketshare is still
vastly Windows focused. You'd have to be an idiot to go into business
for a niche market (bicycle training) supporting a platform with as
small a reach as Linux.

11-10-2004, 08:58 AM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
"Doki" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:

> Maybe they just want to be able to sell it. How many linux users are you
> going to convince to *pay* for software, when there's so much perfectly
> sketchy GPL software around? ;)

I have both Linux and Windows users pay for software. As well as
occasional Mac and Solaris users.

In fact, the software most of them are willing to pay for is GPL -
they can download the source themselves from the same page that
invites them to pay.

--
Nick Kew

11-10-2004, 09:00 AM

On 10 Nov 2004 08:50:43 -0800, Andrew Martin wrote:
> Francesco Devittori <frenkatfrenkdtcm> wrote in message news:<4191eed6$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].ch>...
>>
>> Still writing software for Windows? No Linux version?
>> bad thing...
>
> I can only assume you're not serious. Consumer marketshare is still
> vastly Windows focused. You'd have to be an idiot to go into business
> for a niche market (bicycle training) supporting a platform with as
> small a reach as Linux.

I would be willing to try it under the wine emulator. I rarely use windows.

Bob

11-10-2004, 09:58 AM

Leafing through rec.sport.triathlon, I read Mark's message of 10 Nov 2004:

>
> "Doki" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
> news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]...
>>
>>
>> Mike Tennent wrote:
>>> Francesco Devittori <frenkatfrenkdtcm> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Still writing software for Windows? No Linux version?
>>>> bad thing...
>>>
>>>
>>> Maybe they want sell more than 3 copies worldwide?
>>
>> Maybe they just want to be able to sell it. How many linux users are you
>> going to convince to *pay* for software, when there's so much perfectly
>> sketchy GPL software around? ;)
>
> As stated by a misguided Micro$oft lover?

It's called facing reality. Sony Beta was the best format in video tape
back in the 80s. Smaller tapes and better quality. It didn't take long for
Beta tapes to become virtually extinct. This was mainly due to marketing
decisions on both sides.

I agree that MS is not the best, but they have such a stronghold on the
computer industry that software compnanies cannot ignore them and hope to
turn a profit.

Phil M.

--
"What counts in battle is what you do once the pain sets in." -John Short,
South African coach.

11-10-2004, 10:02 AM

Just curious if you're still looking for volunteers? Can the app
import .HRM files as I have an s410 and use other software to convert
to .HRM.

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Stuart Tevendale) wrote in message news:<18b021a6.0411100113.629d1138@posting.google. com>...
> Hi,
> We're looking for about 10 people to test a pre-release version of our
> Windows Training Diary software. The software requires Windows 98 SE
> or newer.
>
> We're looking for athletes who use Polar S610, S625x, S710, S720, S725
> or S810 Heart Rate Monitors (with or without cycling/running sensors)
> and have one of the Polar computer interfaces. You should be willing
> to use our software in parallel with either Polar's own Precision
> Performance software or other third-party application that you
> regularily use. You should be training at least 3 - 4 times a week
> with your HRM.
>
> In return for your feedback, we'll provide you with a full license for
> the final version of TrainingLog.
>
> If you are interested, send us details of your sports, training
> schedule and heart rate monitor. Email - [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>
> Thanks & Regards
>
> Stuart Tevendale
> Director
> OTAG Technologies Ltd

11-10-2004, 10:22 AM

"Phil M." <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:Xns959D844BAC5E1seilogramp@216.77.188.18...
> Leafing through rec.sport.triathlon, I read Mark's message of 10 Nov 2004:
>
>>
>> "Doki" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
>> news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]...
>>>
>>>
>>> Mike Tennent wrote:
>>>> Francesco Devittori <frenkatfrenkdtcm> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Still writing software for Windows? No Linux version?
>>>>> bad thing...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Maybe they want sell more than 3 copies worldwide?
>>>
>>> Maybe they just want to be able to sell it. How many linux users are you
>>> going to convince to *pay* for software, when there's so much perfectly
>>> sketchy GPL software around? ;)
>>
>> As stated by a misguided Micro$oft lover?
>
> It's called facing reality. Sony Beta was the best format in video tape
> back in the 80s. Smaller tapes and better quality. It didn't take long for
> Beta tapes to become virtually extinct. This was mainly due to marketing
> decisions on both sides.
>
> I agree that MS is not the best, but they have such a stronghold on the
> computer industry that software compnanies cannot ignore them and hope to
> turn a profit.

I am not arguing that MS has a stronghold. I do however, have an issue
stating that GPL software is sketchy.
I am a BSD man and most of the software written for BSD is far superior to
anything Microsoft has. It just makes me laugh when people bad mouth
OpenSource software and yet most of the web/email servers out there are just
that. Micro$oft hasn't and cannot compete with Apache and sendmail and
qmail.
At least, any good system administrator will tell you that.
Microsoft products are crap.

>
> Phil M.
>
> --
> "What counts in battle is what you do once the pain sets in." -John Short,
> South African coach.

11-10-2004, 12:14 PM

Andrew Martin wrote:
> Francesco Devittori <frenkatfrenkdtcm> wrote in message news:<4191eed6$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].ch>...
>
>>Still writing software for Windows? No Linux version?
>>bad thing...
>
>
> I can only assume you're not serious. Consumer marketshare is still
> vastly Windows focused. You'd have to be an idiot to go into business
> for a niche market (bicycle training) supporting a platform with as
> small a reach as Linux.

You would be surprised to know how many people are using training logs
under linux or other various non-windows os!
And you would be yet more surprised to know how many of these people
actually wrote their own software.
If you are a developer and your software is really that great, then
people will pay for it -even linux users.

(btw, greatest software is usually cross-platform -and mostly free)