>> And what motivation/reason (and most important cost factor) would they have for doing a formal beta for SP3?<<
Simple answer: the process used for SP2 obviously did not work <g>. What more do I need to say? I think Microsoft miscalculated the impact of the three CTPs and one beta. In the past they had private and public betas and got the feedback they needed. I believe they may have thought being transparent and opening the CTPs and beta to all developers would provide them even more solid feedback. In the process they took bug reports in a completely new way. It was set up in Connect, but under the Visual Studio team. And frankly Connect sucks from a developer perspective because there is no means of feedback for a VFP report. The VS team sent the bug reports to the VFP team and closed them in a way the VFP bug reporter would not get feedback on the status. A seriously broken process. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 06:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Sedna Released ("with this the last Microsoft release ofVisualFoxPro") Rick Schummer wrote: > <snipped> > because Microsoft did not hold a formal beta, and those > who reported issues never received any feedback that the issues were being > looked at and fixed if > appropriate. This combination turned a lot of people off, and now we have to > live with the results, > which stinks. > And what motivation/reason (and most important cost factor) would they have for doing a formal beta for SP3? As Bernhard Bout's comment said, it looks as though they just couldn't care less. -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
