I don't think I know of *any* company that would happily say "sure, here's a prototype of software we might ship in two months. It crashes all the time, don't mind that. I promise the real software doesn't do that."

That's a way to end up going out of business really fast, as well as being really open at the same time.

Why does it matter who this person is? If they're about to write a review, which thanks to the "modern, agile, social tech" internet, can appear all over the world if it goes viral, then they need to go through just the same precautions as anyone else: they must be running stable software, and they must go through the tutorial. I don't see why that's such a major drama for you.

I think if that's your opinion, then instead of trying to make any more points, I'll just say that it's time to say that we'll have to agree to disagree. And I think the fact that you're getting actual replies from past and present employees on this thread should speak volumes about that.