i beta tested for office 2003... what happened?

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Mike Williams [MVP]

juan said:
first real beta test i got into do we get office 2003 coming in the
mail ?

No. In general beta testers do not automatically get a free copy of the
final product.

Mike Williams - Office MVP
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juan delacosta

sorry about last post. i just expected the value of the bug testing that we did for this great product to be shown to us.

great product keep up the great work
 
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

If you were an official beta tester (beta ID, access to BetaPlace, news
groups), then you received the mail indicating that we would be receiving a
"gift" in October - which is now. No copy of Office was ever promised nor
do I think that we will receive one.

If you used the public beta kit for which you paid S&H ($19.95 IIRC), then
you were not a beta tester and will not receive anything from MIcrosoft
except the experience of using Beta code and the use of the beta through
January 2004.

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
juan delacosta <[email protected]> asked:

| sorry about last post. i just expected the value of the bug testing
| that we did for this great product to be shown to us.
|
| great product keep up the great work
 
C

Chad Harris

One incentive for Beta testing besides getting to see new features is that
you can make suggestions that theoretically MS may look at, as you know.
You can order a 30 day free trial of MSO 2003 from the Office site.

Chad Harris

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C

Chris Knightq

Actually haven't gotten it yet.. I was a technical beta tester.. So no idea..


Has anyone else gotten theirs yet?

Chris Knight
 
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Michael Reyes

That's how it feels. You beta test you take your time to submit the bugs. You help them remove the bugs you find and the thank you we will probably get is a T Shirt with Clipie on it.
 
J

juan delacosta

so basicly microsoft is still lying to their customers. look! ive not goten shit for beta testing and the product went gold. the very least that could have happened was a simple coipy of what we beta tested. no! microsoft has to be cheap ass people and try to make a buck on the testers.
 
C

Chris Knight

Guys I'm sure it will come have faith!!


juan delacosta said:
so basicly microsoft is still lying to their customers. look! ive not
goten shit for beta testing and the product went gold. the very least that
could have happened was a simple coipy of what we beta tested. no! microsoft
has to be cheap ass people and try to make a buck on the testers.
 
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Tee-shirt?? Me like Tee-shirts!!

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to the
Swen virus, all e-mails sent to my actual account will be deleted
w/out reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
Michael Reyes <[email protected]> asked:

| That's how it feels. You beta test you take your time to submit the
| bugs. You help them remove the bugs you find and the thank you we
| will probably get is a T Shirt with Clipie on it.
 
M

Maarten

So, now that we won't get anything for another few weeks/month anyone have any guesses as to what'll actually be in the beta pack

My guess is Office2003 Pro and a t-shirt. They handed out 2003 pro cd's at PDC.
 
C

Chris Knight

I"m starting to doubt it..
Maarten said:
So, now that we won't get anything for another few weeks/month anyone have
any guesses as to what'll actually be in the beta pack?
My guess is Office2003 Pro and a t-shirt. They handed out 2003 pro cd's at
PDC.
 

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