MWeb™ Universal Beta Program

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Invitation

Systems Planning invites you to participate in the beta test of MWeb Universal 2.0. This beta program is open to all. And the end of the beta program we will give sites who provide useful feedback a free copy of the final software.

MWeb Universal 2.0 provides web-based integrated searching of multiple databases of different types, on multiple servers anywhere. The databases supported include those supported in all previous releases, plus relational databases and MWeb Enterprise Databases. Please see the MWeb Universal homepage for details.

If you wish to participate, please check the Server Requirements, then download the beta from our fulfillment service. Be sure to order the free 2.0 beta, rather than version 1.2. You will not need a credit card. After your purchase, you will click a button to download the installation file.

MWeb runs on your Windows web-servers. Although there is an installation program, we recommend you have a server administrator perform the installation in case your web-server is different from the default.

(The beta software is time-limited, so you cannot substitute it for a purchase.)

Some specific questions we have for beta sites may be found below. Please send all questions and comments to info@systemsplanning.com. Please begin your email subject line with the words "MWeb beta" to bypass our spam filter.

Your feedback will be much appreciated!

For more information about installing and using MWeb, please see the MWeb Universal Administrator's Guide

Welcome

Dear Beta Tester:

Thank you for participating in the beta test of MWeb Universal 2.0! Your feedback will be very much appreciated. By way of thanks, we will give sites who provide feedback with a free copy of the final software when the beta test is over.

Since this is beta software, we want to provide a few words of warning:

1. The beta software will stop working after a few months (currently Feb. 28, 2009). If the beta program continues past that date, you will need to download a fresh copy. If the beta test is over, we will send you a coupon for a free download of the final software.
2. We hope that changes will be minor, so that you will not have to reinstall or reconfigure MWeb Universal during the beta test. However, sometimes that happens.

Here are the specific questions we hope the beta test will answer. Your feedback would be invaluable!

1. Do you run Windows Server Web Edition? We want to verify that MWeb works under that edition.
2. MWeb tries to paint progress messages while the user is waiting for Search Results. These messages have wording like "Sent 1 search request" and "Received 1 search response". We see these when MWeb is on some servers but not on others. Please let us know your experience with this feature.
3. We pride ourselves on good documentation. We are just as much interested in your experience with that as with the software. All comments welcome!

Please send all questions and responses to info@systemsplanning.com. Please begin your email subject line with the words "MWeb beta" to bypass our spam filter.

Many thanks in advance for your feedback!

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