Re: I guess a lot of this happened when vista was being built
And your problem is?
Mark
"Clear Windows" <carlferedeck@wizzmail.com> wrote in message
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> Arrogance from MS's part, lack of true leadership & vision, and plain
> stupidity seems to plague the software giant...
> just read below and weep about how bad Microsoft handles some software
> developing.. Now multiply this by a factor of about a million,
> and you can imagine how bad things were with vista.
>
> http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2008/05/13/windows-live-messenger-9-0-beta-program-frustrates-testers
>
> The first Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta build was released in November
> 2007. The release brought the ability to sign into Messenger from up to
> four
> computers at once, the ability to choose customized sounds for your
> sign-in
> and for your contacts, URLs in Personal Status Messages, and Animated
> Display Pictures. However, features requested across the many Messenger
> programs such as Tabbed Conversations and the ability to decline a group
> conversation invite were nowhere to be seen.
>
> Since the first beta release, there have been no new builds, no
> information
> leaks... effectively nothing. Something is just not right in the Windows
> Live Messenger department, and the beta testers are feeling it too. An
> anonymous tipster e-mailed me that the third top-rated suggestion in the
> Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta program, is entitled "Unsatisfied with
> this
> Beta Program." The suggestion, which is more of a complaint, is a very
> lengthy one, but here's the core of it:
>
> I've been browsing through the various bug reports and suggestions that
> have
> been submitted to date, and one after one they are all being marked as
> either Won't Fix or Postponed, and I can safely say that with my
> experience
> with these WLM Beta programs, that whenever a suggestion or Bug is marked
> as
> Postponed, it never actually finds its way in. So I think I speak for many
> when I say, what's the point? Why do you run this program if you just
> continuously disregard our feedback? It's obvious that when you start
> these
> programs, that you already have a clear image of what you want and don't
> want to implement into the client, so why bother? And why waste our time?
> This entry was posted on January 1, 2008, and has since accumulated many
> supporting comments. Microsoft has not made a response to it; it's been
> over
> four months now. Taking this into consideration, along with the fact that
> no
> new builds have seen the light of day, I would wager that Microsoft is
> hard
> at work on a refresh build.
>
> It's quite sad to watch Yahoo redesign its messenger client and truly
> bring
> out some great Vista-only capabilities while Microsoft sits on its hands.
> As
> a Windows Live Messenger user, I hope that the beta testers have made the
> software giant realize that it needs to get its act together.
>
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