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Here's a cut-n-paste of the info you request: To submit your name for consideration for Microsoft private betas, send an email to betareq@microsoft.com, with the information below. The subject of your mail should be the name of the product you are interested in beta testing. If you are interested in testing multiple products, you must submit a separate e-mail for each product of interest so that they can quickly filter your request to the product team handling this program. If the subject contains anything other than one beta product name, it will automatically be deleted by Microsoft's mail servers! Do not put "Microsoft" in the subject line. Name (First, Middle Initial, Last) Company Street Address (no PO Boxes) City, State or Country, Zip Phone Fax Internet address Product interested in beta testing (if more than one, please submit separate e-mail requests) Brief description of your hardware configuration. Have you been a beta tester for Microsoft? If yes, then list product(s) that you've tested. Please briefly describe your past or present beta experience and how you will be using or applying the product(s) you are interested in testing. After the above information had been received, it will be forwarded to the specific product group for review and consideration. Due to the volume of requests Microsoft receives, you will be contacted only if selected to participate in the beta program. Make sure that you are honest when describing your hardware configuration. Don't think that by overstating your system's properties that you will have a better chance at acceptance. In fact, as a former employee of Microsoft, I happen to know that they are flooded with beta requests from users with powerful CPUs and lots of RAM, and that they're looking for users with average systems. Because they sell their products to a wide variety of users, Microsoft is looking to test their products on a wide variety of systems, so tell them exactly what you have, even if it's not something you'd want to brag about. Hope this helps! [This message has been edited by Questionnaire (edited 18 February 2001).]

Are you guy's like robots without a sense of humor or something or the sense to tell it's writtin as a parody? Sheesh.....I gotta give it to yaz......Ive never seen such a stuck up bunch of people anywhere else on the net. hu·mor [hymr ] noun (plural hu·mors) 1. funny quality: the quality or content of something, for example, a story, performance, or joke, that elicits amusement and laughter 2. ability to see something as funny: the ability to see that something is funny, or the enjoyment of things that are funny. He has no sense of humor. 3. funny things as a genre: writings and other material created to make people laugh 4. somebody's usual temperament: somebody's character or usual attitude. a writer of melancholy humor 5. mood: a temporary mood or state of mind

I know what DivX is....ive done plenty of encoding with it. WMA for example, is even very similar to mp3 but i'm just saying that all of microsofts own - made up formats seem to be lacking bigtime in end result performance compared to others. Hence - geeky coding nerds that listin to music at the office on $1 PC speakers just don't care about sound quality. Thats my only point

HAHAHAHA! I'm only halfway through it and i'm already pissin my pants from laughter! "Only teh vary good companys used Windows NT becuase Lunix si for hippies and peopal who liek to spend all day downloading programs that dont work! BUT Lunix si free though because teh hippys who made it forgot to charge moneys because they were flyin high on goofball. and it was OPEN SORES>" "Microsofts is makeing Whistlar because they ran of out years for Windows. Windows still runs on DOS (DOS Operatian Service) and that means it wasent Y2K compabatible, which means that they had too stop at Windows 2000. If they made a Windows 2001 then teh computar machene would think its 1901 and then it would run on coal or steam powar!!! and coal cant fit into a computar machene becuase of teh motharboard! its simpal math/" LMAO..... Nice one! [This message has been edited by Questionnaire (edited 17 February 2001).]

As an avid audiophile, I can clearly say that windows media format (wma) sucks dick for sound quality (compared to others like mp3). But of course, they are lame geeks that listin to music on generic $1 pc speakers at the office. And as for video, your not gonna ever touch DivX with any nerdy windows formats. Just had to get that out

Are you guys talking about this screenshot here? WOW! Awesume screenshot duder! Keep up the outstanding work!

1) NT. 2) Win2k. 3) Not in my version but almost for sure in the final.

Just wondering becuase i got ahold of Beta build 2416 (dont ask, i wont tell ya) and even know i'm not a official MS beta tester, i still would like to help report bugs *if* i come across any. I have alot of system configs i can play around with. Questionnaire

Quote from Ethin Winer in regards to software piracy: Personally, I believe the real problem is that much software is grossly overpriced. People want to do the right thing and will gladly pay for a program that meets their needs if they can afford it. When I first saw the DINR noise reduction plug-in on a friend's ProTools rig, I thought it would be great for cleaning up my old LPs and 45s. But I don't restore recordings for a living, and even $400 for DART was more than I could justify. When I saw a magazine review of DCart selling for $59, I called and ordered it on the spot. many software companies fail to understand the very market they serve, and should seek a better balance between what they charge and how many copies they hope to sell. It is clear to me that, as computers and music hardware become cheaper by the week, the real growth is happening at the low end. I would much prefer to sell 70,000 copies of a program for $99 than 1,000 copies for $799, but it seems many companies are unable to understand this basic marketing concept. Moreover, the more a company charges for a product, the more irrational and protective they become. I know from my own success as a software company president that the key to making a lot of money is to sell a great product for a great price, and without alienating the very customers you depend on. Does it make sense? Can anyone relate? I sure can The Questionnaire

HA! I don't like their prices I'd rather just play around and have fun with the beta i already have and wait for the tuned-up final version to hit the shelves -The Questionnaire [This message has been edited by Questionnaire (edited 12 February 2001).]

Oh realy? Well, sounds interesting to me M8's. Can someone who has some first hand experience with this please post some more detailed info like what one is the best route to go through (MSDN or Tech-Net), cost (if it costs anything), and link to sign-up, etc. I already have beta 2416 and found it interesting to check out but wouldn't mind checking out the rest. Final version? Heh, must cost alot to sign-up then.... But i would pay to play -The Questionnaire

Cool, i'll just post them all here! Here is the first bug i found, not a huge problem but non the less a minor annoyance: This second one however, appears to be more of a barn burner: As you can see, this is a nasty lookin bug that needs to be addressed ASAP! Hope i made a difference