And are more than happy to shoot the user AND the dog when they do and run
into problems.
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
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After furious head scratching, JoAnn Paules [MVP] asked:
| And there are several MVPs who are not very happy that everyone and
| his dog is downloading the beta without taking the warnings seriously.
|
|
| "Milly Staples - MVP Outlook"
| || Microsoft MVPs are not employees of the company; indeed, they must
|| give up their MVP designation if they accept employment with
|| Microsoft.
||
|| As such, we do NOT represent Microsoft, their views, or the fitness
|| of their
|| software for specific purposes.
||
|| Read the archives of this group and others if you have any questions.
||
|| Microsoft lackeys we are not - and you would find many MVPs who will
|| give them "what for" when they mess up, which they do, on many
|| occasions, me among them.
||
|| However, user stupidity, lack of thoughtfulness, inability to
|| understand "beta" or any other user error also gets the same
|| treatment.
||
|| Caveat Emptor - would that be a better label for Beta software?
|| Except, folks think they are getting a free Microsoft Office suite
|| to use for a few
|| months and can't resist the temptation, DON'T read the warnings, and
|| install
|| it thinking that it will work perfectly and can be uninstalled as the
|| "normal" program can.
||
|| Tell me, how is anyone going to bang this into anyone's head when
|| Google mail, toolbar, etc. have been in perpetual beta and lull
|| people into thinking that beta software works perfectly for their
|| production environments.
||
|| If you want to blame anyone, blame the perpetual Google betas for
|| diluting the meaning of "beta."
||
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|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
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||
|| After furious head scratching, John S. asked:
||
||| Let it be known that if you post something that JoAnn Paules [MVP]
||| dosent like, you will be berated & belittled because you did not do
||| things the way she thinks is the "only" way. This is no way for a
||| supposed Microsoft representative to behave. Uncle Bill should be
||| told about this woman. After all he signs her paycheck.
|||
|||| I downloaded the beta file OPPLUS-EN.EXE
||||
|||| All I get from the application is "The installation of this package
|||| failed"
||||
|||| ??
