| Jon Davis 2006-06-29, 6:57 pm |
| > Well I don't remember that being said in the adverts for MSDN when I
> signed up, in fact the current advert clearly says "priority access" to
> the "most current tools". This is a lie, as the BETA2 build has already
> been superseded.
The "most current tools" in this context should ALWAYS be assumed to be
based on gold releases.
In other words, MSDN users are always at least two or three w s ahead of
RTM schedules for gold tools releases. Visual Studio 2005 (gold) was
available to MSDN users long before it hit store shelves.
The notion that MSDN users are given CTP sneak ps is a bonus.
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Jon Davis
"Gerry Hickman" <gerry666uk@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi Jon,
>
>
> Well I don't remember that being said in the adverts for MSDN when I
> signed up, in fact the current advert clearly says "priority access" to
> the "most current tools". This is a lie, as the BETA2 build has already
> been superseded.
>
> No one cares it it's "closed beta" or "open beta" or "CTP" or any other
> stupid name, the issue is whether we're getting priority access to the
> latest tools and server technologies, the bottom line is that we're not,
> and anyway, where does it say anything on the MSDN site not to expect
> closed Betas?
>
> --
> Gerry Hickman (London UK)
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