I beg to differ - I am a very nice person, but I am also blunt. I say what
I mean.
People willy-nilly downloading the Office Beta without a care in the world
for their production machines do not warrant sympathy, especially since they
are old enough to read the directions for downloading but somehow miss the
big box with all the warnings about beta software. I simply point out that
the problem is of their own making.
--
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
reading.
After furious head scratching, mjb427 asked:
| You're mean Milly Staples. You should be nicer to people. One day
| you may need someone to be nice to you.
|
| "Milly Staples - MVP Outlook" wrote:
|
|| No, it is an appropriate answer to why the program runs slowly.
|| Those of us who have tested (officially - not like you) beta
|| software expect the slowness, weird errors, etc. What about
|| pointing out that there is extra code inserted into the beta for
|| performance checking and error reporting that slows performance did
|| NOT answer the question?
||
|| If you are not prepared to accept the lack of production version
|| performance, do not run beta software. If you do run beta software
|| and expect production version performance, you need to re-read the
|| caveat on the beta download site.
||
|| Nothing to be done about folks who insist on running beta software
|| in a production environment without a fallback option (ghosted
|| image, etc) except to point out the errors of their ways.
||
|| Arrogance - no, consider it a spanking for a really bad, stupid
|| user. I DO believe in corporal punishment and think that our
|| society suffers for the lack of tolerance for it.
||
|| --
|| 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
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Nicky N asked:
||
||| I am wondering as to why the reply from Milly Staples is avoiding an
||| appropriate answer to a specific question? It appears that "Reading
||| the riot act" nature of the answer seems to be bordering on
||| arrogance!
|||
||| "Milly Staples - MVP Outlook" wrote:
|||
|||| Because it is beta code with debugging and error reporting programs
|||| along for the ride.
||||
|||| Did you bother to read the Beta Download caveats?
||||
|||| About Beta Software
|||| a.. Registration is required for participation.
|||| b.. 2007 Microsoft Office system Beta 2 is for evaluation and
|||| planning purposes only.
|||| c.. Beta software does not necessarily display the same high
|||| level of stability of shipped Microsoft products.
|||| d.. Beta testers may experience problems with 2007 Microsoft
|||| Office system Beta 2 products that could potentially result in
|||| loss, corruption, or destruction of existing data.
|||| e.. This beta testing release is not appropriate for production
|||| use. f.. It is strongly recommended that you back up your
|||| existing data before you install and run this software.
|||| g.. Beta code is offered "as is," and does not include technical
|||| support. h.. Many organizations have policies prohibiting
|||| unauthorized software installation on company-owned computers. Make
|||| sure you check with your IT department before downloading and
|||| installing 2007 Microsoft Office system Beta 2 on your computer at
|||| work.
|||| If you didn't pay attention, please re-read the above information
|||| again, and again, and again, until you understand what BETA
|||| software is and is not.
||||
||||
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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 reading.
||||
|||| After furious head scratching, Ramin asked:
||||
||||| I have a Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz with Hyper Thread Technology and 1 GB
||||| of PC 2700 MB/s DDR RAM but MS Office 2007, especially Outlook and
||||| Word, runs very slowly on my computer. I think my computer
||||| specifications meets the minimum requirement quite well. Why is it
||||| so slow?
