Re: [CGUYS] Beta Software Warning [Was: One more question...]

2009-03-30 Thread Tom Piwowar
Since I am an idiot, I will respond... Disclaimer 1: My desktop is my main machine and I would not put Win7 beta on it. This disqualifies you from the idiot contest. You will have to try harder and but the beta on your main machine.

[CGUYS] Beta Software Warning [Was: One more question...]

2009-03-29 Thread Tom Piwowar
Of course the millions who are using it for daily work may just be deceiving themselves, too. The product has not shipped. Anyone using it for daily work has a daily job as a beta tester or is an out and out idiot. The extremes you go to as a MS lap dog are amazing. Telling people to do their

Re: [CGUYS] Beta Software Warning [Was: One more question...]

2009-03-29 Thread Jeff Wright
Folks do not do this! Sez the man who has never touched it. Ignorance or real-world experience: I wonder which is more credible? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy,

Re: [CGUYS] Beta Software Warning [Was: One more question...]

2009-03-29 Thread Chris Dunford
The product has not shipped. Anyone using it for daily work has a daily job as a beta tester or is an out and out idiot. The extremes you go to as a MS lap dog are amazing. Telling people to do their daily work with beta software is unconscionable. Folks do not do this! Anyone who

Re: [CGUYS] Beta Software Warning [Was: One more question...]

2009-03-29 Thread Tom Piwowar
Sez the man who has never touched it. I'm not stupid. I usually wait for SP2. And that goes for software from other vendors too. Doing real work with beta software is just plain dumb. * ** List info, subscription

Re: [CGUYS] Beta Software Warning [Was: One more question...]

2009-03-29 Thread mike
So now beta software is...the official beta, the official GM release AND the official release with SP 1? Now finally we are out of 'beta' when we hit SP 2? And I thought MS's numbering scheme was wacko... On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: Sez the man who has

Re: [CGUYS] Beta Software Warning [Was: One more question...]

2009-03-29 Thread Tom Piwowar
Anyone who can read will know that I didn't suggest this. I merely pointed out that your claim that all we have to go on is MS propaganda is ridiculous because a huge number of people ARE using it on a day-to-day basis. Good. Then you would agree that anyone who does their daily work with beta

Re: [CGUYS] Beta Software Warning [Was: One more question...]

2009-03-29 Thread mike
Wow you can spin stuff like nobody... On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: Anyone who can read will know that I didn't suggest this. I merely pointed out that your claim that all we have to go on is MS propaganda is ridiculous because a huge number of people ARE

Re: [CGUYS] Beta Software Warning [Was: One more question...]

2009-03-29 Thread Chris Dunford
Then you would agree that anyone who does their daily work with beta software is an idiot. Step two: Would you act on any recommendation provided by an idiot? This is too ridiculous to even warrant a response. * **