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Originally posted by Cromp
i dont see why the msn team, dont put some sort of licence keys or activation needed for their beta's, if they want to try and stop the general public using them.
They do in extreme cases. And if this stupid leaking is going on further I'm sure that there will be a time that nobody will ever be able to participate in beta-testing unless you are a MS-employee especially assigned for the job and after signing tons of documents and risking fines if you leak anything... Then what? Then you're going to complain that MS is a closed/secret businness which keeps everybody out????
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Originally posted by Carltos Cool
They are just to lazy or don't have the time to do that. 
No, they are not lazy. If they were, you wouldn't have a Messenger to play with and pass your time.
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Originally posted by C3PO
they still havent fixed the error message when you close a conversation 
how hard is that to fix!!??!!
Apparently harder then you think, or it doesn't have a high priority on the bugfix list (because there are bigger security fixes to be done first)
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Originally posted by hmaster5
Nah its intentional !
There is nothing intentional about some childish beta-tester leaking something because it makes him feel cool and by doing so messing up the trust that Microsoft gives to beta-testers and thus screwing it up for other people...
Spreading and leaking private beta's is illegal.
It is not only illegal it can do damage to Microsoft, the production of the product, to the honest people testing it, and even to unsuspected users.
You all are constantly complaining about Microsoft, and I'm very tired of this. If you all fail to see how leaking beta's can be bad then it's time to read up on some material like "PC for dummies", "How does one create a program", "programming for dummies", "start a bussiness for dummies"...
The reason why we say it is illegal is not to play your mommy and pointing the finger at you or just for the sake of being illegal. But because we do know what such leaked/private stuff can do. It is for your own good, your own protection and for the good/normal development of a program that you all like, that we say this.
Did you ever though of WHY it is private? In the past there were MANY examples of how private beta's fuck up computers.
If you want to play the l333t person who has a new leaked beta then go to some warez sites for all I care but don't encourage people to participate in this stuff on forums like these, where people actually care about a good quality product.
And no, it is NOT for the benefit of the quality that you should "test" an illegal leaked version (And I strongly doubt that you even downloaded it for realy testing it). Like I said there are VERY good reasons why some beta's are private and only meant for certain individuals.
There is NOTHING l33t about leaking a private beta or even having it, in fact it is pathetic and only shows your incompetence of handling software...
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