24/Dec/2005 18:11

Where could I find objective software evaluations?

Thank you,

Barry Karas

Barry Karas wrote:
> 24/Dec/2005 18:11
>
> Where could I find objective software evaluations?

I guess that would depend on what *type* of software you were interested in
reading the objective evaluations on..
Most entities that evaluate software like that have a specialty.

Googling is likely to bring up results if you are more specific with your
search.

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The key word is "OBJECTIVE". If I do a search, I'm at the mercy of the
search engine. I don't want to guess at which ones will be objective.

Barry Karas
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> Barry Karas wrote:
>> 24/Dec/2005 18:11
>>
>> Where could I find objective software evaluations?
>
> I guess that would depend on what *type* of software you were interested
> in reading the objective evaluations on..
> Most entities that evaluate software like that have a specialty.
>
> Googling is likely to bring up results if you are more specific with your
> search.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>

Barry Karas wrote:
> Where could I find objective software evaluations?


Shenan Stanley wrote:
> I guess that would depend on what *type* of software you were
> interested in reading the objective evaluations on..
> Most entities that evaluate software like that have a specialty.
>
> Googling is likely to bring up results if you are more specific
> with your search.

Barry Karas wrote:
> The key word is "OBJECTIVE". If I do a search, I'm at the mercy of
> the search engine. I don't want to guess at which ones will be
> objective.

Same answer - depends on the software..
You would also have to know about the entity doing the evaluation - whether
they are being objective or not.

For example - you would assume (possibly incorrectly) that an individual
givig opinions on epinions.com about a product is objective - but you do not
know if they work for the company or were paid by the company in question
for endorsments and are therefore just excited about the money - not the
product.

The only thing you can do when researching a product (software or otherwise)
is to read as many reviews as you can find - try to find pages like
Amazon.com's reviews, Buy.com's reviews, NewEgg.com's reviews, epinions.com,
betanews.com, etc.. that have reviews done by people just like you - who
bought/used the product and wanted to come back and say something. Weight
those in your own mind - because you can never be sure (100%) just how
objective the reviews/evaluations were.

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html