Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!ucla-cs!valeria.cs.ucla.edu!wales From: wales@valeria.cs.ucla.edu (Rich Wales) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: No more MS-DOS 5.0 beta testers (was Re: MS-DOS 5.0 Release Date) Message-ID: <1991Apr3.000127.16609@cs.ucla.edu> Date: 3 Apr 91 00:01:27 GMT References: <1991Mar22.084259.29905@agora.rain.com> <1991Mar27.205431.2047@ednor.bbc.com> Sender: usenet@cs.ucla.edu (Mr. News Himself) Reply-To: wales@CS.UCLA.EDU (Rich Wales) Distribution: usa Organization: UCLA CS Department, Los Angeles Lines: 28 Nntp-Posting-Host: valeria.cs.ucla.edu In article <1991Mar22.084259.29905@agora.rain.com> tedm@agora.rain.com (Ted Mittelstaedt) writes: Ah, didn't you know how to get a copy of DOS 5.0? Simply call up Microsoft and say that you are a software developer, and need a Beta copy so your program will be DOS-compatible when you release it. Evidently, Microsoft has made the decision not to release DOS 5.0 until every developer in the country has had a copy on their shelves with an inch thick coating of dust on it. In article <1991Mar27.205431.2047@ednor.bbc.com> cgf@ednor.bbc.com (Chris Faylor) writes: OK. Maybe this was tongue-in-cheek, but I tried calling Microsoft. They instructed me to write a letter to their corporate headquarters if I want to be a beta tester. Is there actually a number I can call to get an advance copy? I am a software developer and I do have concerns as to whether my product will run correctly. I called up Microsoft a few days ago. The person I would have had to talk to turned out not to be in, so I left a message. Today, there was a message on my answering machine to the effect that Microsoft was no longer accepting any new beta testers for MS-DOS 5.0. -- Rich Wales // UCLA Computer Science Department 3531 Boelter Hall // Los Angeles, CA 90024-1596 // +1 (213) 825-5683