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Do you have any job opportunities? Yes, we may. Please visit our Work @ DEVONtechnologies page for more information about current open jobs at DEVONtechnologies. Can I be a beta tester? Maybe. Our beta tester selection process is very deliberate; we try and select our beta testers carefully so that we're not wasting anybody's time, yours and ours. We're looking for people who can provide us with feedback quickly and clearly, who use different hardware and software from our other testers, and who are willing to send us their personal data if it's needed for debugging. If you want to be a beta tester, the best way to catch our eye is to be active in our user forums. We often ask active participants on the user forums if they can help us test particular features and new products. You can, of course, simply contact us. Is the documentation available in my language? The online and PDF documentation is only available in English at the moment. Localizing documentation and other text-intensive materials to Deutsch, Francais, etc. is cost-intensive and error-prone so that we have decided to concentrate our resources on developing stable, robust, and feature-rich software. We will have localizations of the online help etc. as soon as we feel we have the necessary resources. Where does the name DEVONtechnologies come from? "Devonian (after Devon County, England), the geologic period from 410 to 360 million years ago. Also called the Reptile Age or Age of Fishes. First amphibians appeared on the land, that until then was only inhabited by trees and other plants — it was the departure into a new age." Named after the Devonian period, the DEVONtechnology marks the departure into a new age of data processing.
Note: Ray Troll has even created songs and other art about this extremely important evolution step.