I whine about this alot, but I H-A-T-E beta testers. Instead of having to deal with morons saying "ZOMG YOUR PROGRAM CRASHED MY SYSTEM I'M RUNNING VISTA HELP PLZ" I now have to deal with OUR beta testers since our company decided to send out a blast to 6,000 Lusers.
Betas are VOLUNTARY. No one held a gun to your head. It's NOT an upgrade. What happens to the remaining time of your subscription? NOTHING! Because you're supposed to put it in a test environment and well, TEST it. It's not a replacement of your current software! Oh, you get an error during the install? Ok. Send an email to the beta team or post it on the forums - there's NO phone support. That was mentioned in the email. It won't accept your registration key? That's because you need a beta key! Check your email 'cause it's totally in there along with a "thanks" for your participation and link to our beta forum. Don't know how to create a partition on your hard drive? WELL THEN YOU SHOULDN'T BE BETA TESTING. Just wait for the official release, you fucking douchebags!
Betas are VOLUNTARY. No one held a gun to your head. It's NOT an upgrade. What happens to the remaining time of your subscription? NOTHING! Because you're supposed to put it in a test environment and well, TEST it. It's not a replacement of your current software! Oh, you get an error during the install? Ok. Send an email to the beta team or post it on the forums - there's NO phone support. That was mentioned in the email. It won't accept your registration key? That's because you need a beta key! Check your email 'cause it's totally in there along with a "thanks" for your participation and link to our beta forum. Don't know how to create a partition on your hard drive? WELL THEN YOU SHOULDN'T BE BETA TESTING. Just wait for the official release, you fucking douchebags!
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Date: 2006-11-21 09:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-21 10:52 pm (UTC)Maybe after it's out a few weeks and patched. Maybe. But certainly not today.