Too true Kurt, makes one wonder why MicroSuck adversities at one stage or
another, one or more of it's beta software on their home page of the MS
website. Being Windows Defender (Beta 2), Media Player 11 (Beta), Internet
Explorer 7 (Beta 3), Office 2007 (probably means it will be released in
2008), Vista (MS are still working on the release date), (and now Exchange
Server 2007).
It's understandable MS would want to distribute Beta releases for testing
to, people who do want to test software before it's released, but to put it
on your website with all the bells and whistles for anyone to download is
questionable.
Windows Defender (Pretender) is still in Beta??? Operating systems, office
suites, development tools have been in beta for far less time than this
software. What's their story? It's beyond trying to get it right. Either
it's a marketing ploy on their behalf, or they just can't get it working.
Media Player 11 Home page, states Media Player 11 is Now Available, with
Beta written in font size 8. And they want you to jump through WGA for a
Beta many want to know how to remove it after installing it. This isn't even
a product yet.
IE 7 home page, "Introducing Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3 - check it out and
download it today.", MS wants everyone to download and install it by the
sounds of that.
Vista, sounds like it will not be working properly when officially released,
like the first release of Windows 95 when it first hit the shelves, they've
done it before.
Given the issues people have with MS software, I'm thinking Beta maybe their
disclaimer or loop hole out of responsibility, and seems that Beta is MS's
new product line to achieve a lack of responsibility. Or they don't want
these it's customers to have these goodies until Vista's released.
srmccormack, check out the news groups pertaining to IE 7, and media player
11, while they're still in Beta and see why you should not install Beta
software from MS (and any beta for that matter).
- Winux P
: srmccormack wrote:
:
: > After uninstalling IE7 beta 2 to upgrade to IE7 beta 3 my desktop
: > freezes when I right click on an icon. Also, the upgrade to IE7 beta
: > 3 also failed. When it freezes it generates an error report but
: > dumprep.exe just sits at 50% CPU utilization. I have to hard re-boot
: > to recover desktop.
:
: Learn from this situation, do NOT install BETA software on non-testing
: systems. Only knowledgable software testers and fools install BETA
: software.
:
: To get back a working OS try a repair install, and then reapply all
: security updates.
:
:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
:
: --
: Peace!
: Kurt Kirsch
: Self-anointed Moderator
:
http://microscum.com
: "It'll soon shake your Windows
: And rattle your walls
: For the times they are a-changin'."
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