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yes i testing longhorn and i get paid for it as well so if thats a problem for you well deal with it

So they are paying you $$$ to test junk ?

hmmmm microsoft paying people who obviously know nothing about software conflicts. dats classic

since when do microsoft pay you to test lol

Beta testers do it for free.

allthough there is the odd time when they give you a full version of what you have been testing.

yeah but tester never get paid lol

although MS employing someones who as err0r says obviously knows nutin about software conflicts sounds about right

lol i recon he isn't testing longhorn, just a skin which is interfearing with the program

lol.. paying you? haha, right, sure they are.

so youre using an half-finished OS illegally downloaded from who knows where, which is likely full of extra coding that, if not malicious, is probably badly-made. the OS you're (illegally) using probably conflicts with ITSELF, so it's no surprise that it's conflicting with this addon.

anyway, now that we know whats going on (i.e. that it IS your illicit, invalid system configuration), i guess this thread can be closed. and, btw, wtf does this have to do with the MSN section anyway? ...

[.::Microsoft gonna go broke from all this paid testing::.]

Longhorn Beta 1 Schedule Revealed

The software giant has set its sights on July 27, 2005 as the release date for Longhorn Beta 1, though obviously that date could slip if the company is unable to hit internal bug requirements. The current escrow build for Longhorn Beta 1 is 5101, a few builds older than build 5103, the current internal build in the Beta 1 fork.

As reported previously, Microsoft recently forked the Longhorn build process to segregate Beta 1 code check-ins from the post-Beta 1 (or what we can think of as the Beta 2) code path. Recent leaks of Longhorn builds are from the Beta 2 code path, but we can expect them to be quickly eclipsed by the Beta 1 code base as Microsoft makes that milestone widely available.

As far as the Beta 1 schedule goes, Microsoft's test teams are required to complete testing by July 22, but they need to achieve the "0 active bug" designation in order to ship Beta 1. On Monday, there were 123 active bugs in the Beta 1 fork. That number had dropped to 86 by Tuesday.

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How do you beta test something not yet release?

I checked and microsolf still excepting aplication for beta testing.

Just released: Top Story

Microsoft settles Longhorn patent suit

Injunction lifted as Redmond pays undisclosed sum to Alacritech

Iain Thomson, vnunet.com 15 Jul 2005

Microsoft has settled its legal spat with data networking firm Alacritech, which led to a court injunction stopping the "making, using, offering for sale, selling, importing or inducing others to use Microsoft's [forthcoming Windows API] Chimney or Longhorn software".

The suit centred on two alleged patent infringements in which Microsoft was accused of using Alacritech's session-layer interface control (SLIC) technology to speed up data transfer. The settlement includes payment of undisclosed amounts to Alacritech and an agreement to develop the technology with Microsoft and Broadcom.

"Alacritech's SLIC technology architecture is a key component of next-generation scalable networking," said Larry Boucher, president of Alacritech. "Today's agreement will help facilitate the widespread adoption of technology that is a key enabler of efficient data delivery."

According to Alacritech, Microsoft worked with the company for a year on SLIC technology. It then ceased contact and shortly afterwards announced that it would use similar technology in the forthcoming Longhorn operating system due out next year.

How do you beta test something not yet release?

I checked and microsolf still excepting aplication for beta testing.

Good one but i think we are

i'm gonna close this topic, we've proven our point, if he wants to use it, he can go back to Win XP and use it, we don't support the use of illegal software and we will neve support it.