So, after discovering that I did not get the latest build of the new Windows Vista Beta 1, I started bugging the guy who got it for me to get me the latest one. He ignored my first email, but I was not daunted. I sent him a second one asking if there is a way for me to be enrolled in Microsofts beta testing program.
Now, I have signed up for this kind of thing before. With Windows 2k3 server I was part of the customer public preview program, and beta tested beta 3, and RC 1, RC 2, and RC 3 of Windows Server 2003. But this level of beta testing is different. It is a private, invite only, beta program. So, I got this guy from Microsoft to send in an application for me to be enrolled in this program, and right at the end of the day I got my invitation code.
If beta-testing MS software interests you, go to http://beta.microsoft.com (.net passport required), and then when it asks you for your user name, or some-such nonesense (w/o a password), just use BetaReq, and then fill out a form.
I don’t know how long that method takes, but they will process your request to be a beta tester, and either send you an invitation email or a fuck-off email. No harm either way.
If anyone wants to check out IE7, it doesn’t require any special licenses or anything.
Also, .NET framework 2.0 is out today. If you use .net framework get it, it fixes some stuff, and makes thing run smoother. I’ve been running the beta of it for a week or so, and it improved the responsiveness and reliability of our manufacturing software quite a bit.
OK, enough nerd time. That is all for now.