Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!att!linac!mp.cs.niu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.iastate.edu!du248-12.cc.iastate.edu!goldberg From: goldberg@iastate.edu (Adam Goldberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: dos 3.3 or 4.01 Message-ID: Date: 15 May 91 03:55:28 GMT References: <5345@network.ucsd.edu> <1991May15.015640.5894@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Distribution: usa Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA Lines: 24 Originator: goldberg@du248-12.cc.iastate.edu In <1991May15.015640.5894@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> unicorn@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Harry E Miller) writes: >(A little side comment you can ignore) >It seems strange that MS cannot produce products that are at least fairly >bug-free. What do they do, ignore their beta users! Also even though I >know that speed is not everything, it should at least mean something! >They only MS products I find userfull is MS Word 5.0 and MS EXCEL (great >product!!!). If there are any MS people out there then all I can say is: > GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER!!!!!!!!! >Sorry about that, but these guys really tick me off!!! For whatever it's worth, MS-DOS 5.0, due out RSN has about 10,000,000,000,000 beta testers (ok, so I'm exaggerating, but only a little) and the reason (so little birdies tell me) is that they're actually fixing things the beta testers are reporting... -- Adam Goldberg ! "It's simple! Even a PASCAL programmer could do goldberg@iastate.edu ! it!" tabu6@isuvax.BITNET ! "Remember: the sooner you fall behind, the #include ! more time you have to catch up!"