Richard--

Sounds like play to me. What about all those cry babies on the
Vista/Longhorn Beta group Cafe and General groups posting hundreds of times
a week "Mommy Mommy Wendy pullleasssse gimme a new build. What work ethic
was that?

It looked like Pre-School 101 to me. Think any of them were housebroken?

BTW every one of these people felt like they were part of a chosen tribe and
this psychology was fed by MSFT. I missed the scenario where any of them
had a 12 gauge shotgun stuffed in their mouth and forced to test. Help me
find that one.

CH


"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS********.com> wrote in message
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> "Jon Acord" <JOn@theacords.biz> wrote in message
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>> It's been a long road helping Micro$oft beta test Vi$ta. I've been doing
>> it
>> since it was called Longhorn. I have submitted Just under a dozen bug
>> reports. I have installed and uninstalled it more times than I care to
>> remember in my zeal and enthusiasm. I have believed in this product when
>> no
>> one else did. When I hear that Micro$oft is giving away 'complimentary'
>> copies only to MSDN and TechNet subscribers I felt as if someone had
>> slapped
>> my face. So, just because I tested Vi$ta VIA the customer preview program
>> I
>> am screwed out of my gift? I feel I have earned a copy. You mean,
>> because I
>> did not pay Micro$oft a $600.00 subscription fee to beta test and better
>> their software I am beneath their notice? This is typical of a large,
>> bloated, corporate monster that does not care one iota about the people
>> who
>> made them their most precious $$$. This proves that Micro$oft does not
>> have
>> a heart, all they care about is money.
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>
>
> You are "NOT" a beta tester unless you signed on as such. Getting Vista
> from the CCP site was just an opportunity for you to try it out. Some true
> beta testers were reloading their operating systems on an almost daily
> basis. It took a lot of work, no play. They had to dedicate a large part
> of their daily hours to this task (not play).
>
> I know of one fellow who sometimes loaded 2 times a day when he got word
> of a newer version.
>
> Again, you are owed NOTHING - period!
>
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>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
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