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Which is it?
In this post you said you are running an alpha of Longhorn. In the previous post you said you are running a beta. Which is it? And were you informed when you received it that, since it was an alpha or beta, it would be communicating with Microsoft for feedback?

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Sounds like.....  middle of nowhere | 04/14/05
And then  Qbt | 04/14/05
I'll tell you my experience  Jeff Spicoli | 04/15/05
What part of...  Real World | 04/15/05
hopefully..  Jeff Spicoli | 04/15/05
Aren't ALL MS products still in Alpha?  Xunil_Sierutuf | 04/15/05
Beta? Compliment? Bwahahaahhaha!!!  Jeff Spicoli | 04/15/05
I don't understand ...  kenny@... | 04/20/05
That's not a new feature, Jeff...  Hugh Jass | 04/15/05
That's PRECISELY why I'm done with Windows  Jeff Spicoli | 04/15/05
I haven't done the Mac thing yet...  Hugh Jass | 04/15/05
You know what they say: once you go Mac..  Jeff Spicoli | 04/15/05
My best recommendation is  Hugh Jass | 04/15/05
Sorry, Jeff, forgot to answer your first question!  Hugh Jass | 04/15/05
Thanks Hugh  Jeff Spicoli | 04/15/05
No date yet, Novell announces its products when they exist, unlike MS.  Hugh Jass | 04/15/05
Jeff's cherry  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/15/05
Thanks Hugh and Yagotta -- my cherry will burst forth!  Jeff Spicoli | 04/15/05
SuSE 9.3 is out really  doh123 | 04/15/05
Thanks for the info, doh!  Hugh Jass | 04/15/05
you ain't kiddin'!!!  wimbo_z | 04/15/05
however...  wimbo_z | 04/15/05
That's the worst part...  Hugh Jass | 04/17/05
Jeff Spicoli is a liar  vdraken | 04/15/05
Why is there no chance  Jeff Spicoli | 04/15/05
Which is it?  rapson | 04/15/05
As we all know, it's a continually morphing creature  Jeff Spicoli | 04/15/05
We Have Longhorn Beta Here At Work  itanalyst | 04/15/05
The first beta of Longhorn ...  ShadeTree | 04/18/05
In defence of Spicoli  IceTheNet@... | 04/21/05
Neat trick...  Wolfie2K3 | 04/15/05
I am using the beta right now  IceTheNet@... | 04/21/05
Time to move on  IceTheNet@... | 04/21/05
BWAHAHAHA!!!  Jeff Spicoli | 04/15/05
I strongly disagree  michael-t | 04/15/05
Interesting how once again, a Microsoft product  mlindl | 04/15/05
Note the use of tenses in the article  tic swayback | 04/15/05
Yeah Tic!  Jeff Spicoli | 04/15/05
Tiger  rsouza@... | 04/18/05
Your Answer  IceTheNet@... | 04/21/05
nothing new  ONEstar | 04/15/05
Lets assume...  doe_z | 04/15/05
Contents of files  ross@... | 04/18/05
Think, "XP SE"  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/15/05
Longhorn=Windows Monkey Edition Pt. 2  drichards1953 | 04/21/05
Early Peek?  alterego_z | 04/15/05
Apple will have moved on to another branch of the animal kingdom by then!  Jeff Spicoli | 04/15/05
The product will be about the same -  Hugh Jass | 04/15/05
BAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!! 10+!!!  Jeff Spicoli | 04/15/05
You get the credit, it was your metaphor!  Hugh Jass | 04/15/05
Unproductive Friday! Bwahahahaha!!  Jeff Spicoli | 04/15/05
Not really  michael-t | 04/15/05
Bwahahahaha!!! Awesome one dude!  Jeff Spicoli | 04/15/05
RE:Apple will have moved on to another branch of the animal kingdom by then  rsouza@... | 04/18/05
Step  In_the_end_I_Win | 04/18/05
shhhhh  brent1a | 04/19/05
Isn't apple a second computer?  IceTheNet@... | 04/21/05
apple is more like a furbee.  Bazouli | 04/21/05
really?  pavandpr@... | 04/20/05
Great product and looking forward to it.  Prognosticator | 04/15/05
Close  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/15/05
Comparison  tic swayback | 04/15/05
Been there  nomorems | 04/15/05
OMG  Mack DaNife | 04/18/05
had to drop the new file system hey? couldn't get the integrated database  wessonjoe | 04/15/05
ME 'upgrade' isn't it?  Hugh Jass | 04/15/05
Own.... But...  nucrash | 04/15/05
I don't know how many spreadsheets I've fixed the same way!  Hugh Jass | 04/15/05
Correction: The newsgroup name is microsoft.public.excel  Hugh Jass | 04/15/05
Last I heard....  nucrash | 04/15/05
Early peek at the the Blue Hole of Redmond.  Xunil_Sierutuf | 04/15/05
An early peek at Longhorn  Loverock Davidson | 04/15/05
Um, Lovee, it IS vaporware -  Hugh Jass | 04/15/05
I guess  Loverock Davidson | 04/15/05
'Brief demonstrations to reporters'  Hugh Jass | 04/15/05
You still missed the part  Loverock Davidson | 04/15/05
Exactly! Vaporware.  Hugh Jass | 04/15/05
Remember  Michael Kelly | 04/15/05
The "Longhorn era"  trm1945 | 04/21/05
But why?  Jeff Spicoli | 04/15/05
Isn't there some policy about free plugs  nucrash | 04/15/05
perhaps  Jeff Spicoli | 04/15/05
I'll tell you why  Loverock Davidson | 04/15/05
What in the world does Longhorn have to do with Linux uptimes?  Hugh Jass | 04/15/05
Absolutely Nothing  Loverock Davidson | 04/15/05
Oh well  Hugh Jass | 04/15/05
If you are referring to the 'Last Changed' column  Hugh Jass | 04/15/05
that would indicate "index page edited to me"  hipparchus2000 | 04/16/05
You are a Foghorn infidel, Lovey Dove  Jeff Spicoli | 04/15/05
Yes  Loverock Davidson | 04/15/05
Yes  Jeff Spicoli | 04/15/05
The wheels are in motion here...  Mike Cox | 04/15/05
Are you sure tha'ts an  Hugh Jass | 04/15/05
9.48602 Love the cool pens and stuff part  Squawkbox | 04/15/05
9.75  Real World | 04/15/05
.. and the nails with the word Linux on them spread all over road..  Xunil_Sierutuf | 04/15/05
Are these MS haters work in the industry?  MSITOK | 04/18/05
I teach. Please, do drop out, "know it all."  swede_z | 04/21/05
Why upgrade from XP?  TLG_z | 04/15/05
XP is great  NonZealot | 04/15/05
XP has no viruses, trojans, worms, spyware, bluescreens, performance..WTF?  hipparchus2000 | 04/16/05
You got it right  NonZealot | 04/18/05
My XP is malware free!  Outside T. Box | 04/18/05
Hate to break it to you  NonZealot | 04/18/05
Somehow reality and your experience...  MacCanuck | 04/18/05
Not a bad post for you!  NonZealot | 04/18/05
Good question  jheine | 04/15/05
Midsized company still on 2000  shostopper | 04/15/05
The WORST reason to upgrade is 'because the new version is out'  Hugh Jass | 04/15/05
Here too  jheine | 04/15/05
Some of our users/programmers had to...  gypkap@... | 04/18/05
Good points, one more  rcf_z | 04/15/05
Being that you haven't used a Mac..  Jeff Spicoli | 04/15/05
Um, sure Jeff  rcf_z | 04/15/05
Impartiality is my middle name!  Jeff Spicoli | 04/15/05
I thought it was  rcf_z | 04/15/05
And xp is what?  Rick_K | 04/15/05
You're absolutely right  Hugh Jass | 04/17/05
Mac OS/X  gypkap@... | 04/18/05
Lots of reasons  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/15/05
Won't Touch It With A 10-Foot Cat-5 Cable  itanalyst | 04/15/05
First Kid on the Block  soulcircus | 04/15/05
Microsoft Innovation  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/15/05
The Mac already has this  Jeff Spicoli | 04/15/05
KDE has it too  Michael Kelly | 04/15/05
"innovation"?  CobraA1 | 04/15/05
Sarcasmometer  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/15/05
hard to tell online  CobraA1 | 04/15/05
Too late...  Linux User 147560 | 04/15/05
KDE  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/15/05
9.9  hipparchus2000 | 04/16/05
Idaho?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/18/05
Microsoft Innovation???ROFL!!!!  Teyecoon | 04/18/05
oxymoran---yep that's Micro$loth  Joe_Wulf@... | 04/20/05
(Still more)  jmervyn | 04/21/05
Not  wexwimpy@... | 04/23/05
Kinda Like Wanting To Be The First Kid On The Block With New Herpes  itanalyst | 04/15/05
Hey!  Jeff Spicoli | 04/15/05
They "stole" from KDE!  Linux User 147560 | 04/15/05
Open Sores Imitation  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/15/05
WTF!? You are truly  Linux User 147560 | 04/15/05
Microsuck Users Are So Stupid  itanalyst | 04/15/05
Yes, but...  dburns95@... | 04/15/05
Oh?  tslocum7 | 04/18/05
Xerox anyone?  tjleeland | 04/18/05
Get the Xerox PARC story right  shadowself | 04/20/05
I agree...  mwpeters49 | 04/20/05
Doh!  timpin1@... | 04/15/05
To be precise  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/15/05
I think (hope) he was being sarcastic ... wink (NT)  Hugh Jass | 04/15/05
Good guess  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/15/05
Touchy  Hugh Jass | 04/15/05
Truly Clueless  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/15/05
OM*G  Suicida| | 04/15/05
9.9 AGAIN  hipparchus2000 | 04/16/05
don't forget  Hugh Jass | 04/15/05
they didn't copy clippy  hipparchus2000 | 04/16/05
No, that was one of their 'innovations'  Hugh Jass | 04/17/05
FUD!  vdraken | 04/20/05
Can you prove it?  Linux User 147560 | 04/20/05
Separating opinions from facts  OldFossil | 04/21/05
poor troll, try harder...  swede_z | 04/21/05
follow this link...  Arm A. Geddon | 04/15/05
Aren't they ashamed to keep bragging on mickey mouse toys?  michael-t | 04/15/05
Least privledge.  mathandmetal | 04/15/05
Next they will be implementing a multi-user platform!  Jeff Spicoli | 04/15/05
Who would bother  Suicida| | 04/15/05
Re:Next they will be implementing a multi-user platform!  seatech1 | 04/20/05
I'm worried about...  KOS-MOS | 04/15/05
thats old stuff  harish.mallipeddi@... | 04/18/05
Yeah, well...  bixbyru@... | 04/20/05
other worries  darkmoonman | 04/21/05
Wow! . . . New Icons! . . . I'll run right out and get a copy.  Plain Logic | 04/15/05
maybe if they got someone good at art  hipparchus2000 | 04/16/05
A little off topic there, but..  Dinman | 04/20/05
Does anyone know if they'll copy Expose?  Paco20 | 04/16/05
Longhorn Killers are already here  matrixdomain | 04/16/05
Hey has anyone noticed that MS LongHorn is named  Laff | 04/18/05
Names  jion | 04/18/05
Wasn't the Longhorn name originally taken...  MacCanuck | 04/18/05
You are probably correct here...I just think they should  Laff | 04/18/05
A bovine theme, hmmm...  BlueKnight | 04/20/05
The Longhorn...  bixbyru@... | 04/20/05
CNET Readers Rate Longhorn Preview 5.6/10 (150 users)  itanalyst | 04/18/05
Not waiting for Longhorn.  tslocum7 | 04/18/05
not worth the wait  dzash2000 | 04/21/05
Another copied feature, oops, that's innovated  Update victim | 04/18/05
Maybe  rsouza@... | 04/18/05
Not quite forgotten  bixbyru@... | 04/20/05
Longhorn  wadeprater | 04/18/05
Most people are lemmings to good marketing..sad but true  Teyecoon | 04/19/05
The voice of reason  comtech_z | 04/20/05
Apple will be copied  den85nis | 04/19/05
short answer?  dguith@... | 04/20/05
The Latest and Greatest. I miss my Color Computer.  Thuss80 | 04/20/05
Micro$loth---COW is right  Joe_Wulf@... | 04/20/05
Definitely No Excitement Here  seatech1 | 04/20/05
Excited about Longhorn?  preacherx | 04/20/05
The warnings  awizkid2 | 04/20/05
Bull Sh*T alert.  mwpeters49 | 04/20/05
NO!  Justcauz | 04/20/05
ONLY ONE REASON.....  sbodymender@... | 04/20/05
I would rather have a real OS  wb9ddf | 04/20/05
Longhorn Excitement  xmatelot | 04/20/05
Excited?  rroberts@... | 04/20/05
Long...who?  Vassa | 04/20/05
Longhorn  pipercub1941 | 04/20/05
Longhorn  michael1948 | 04/20/05
The birthing pains of Longhorn (so much pain, but how much gain?)  jonv | 04/20/05
Longhorn  amos@... | 04/20/05
Longhorn - Fasten Your Seatbelts  Holger178 | 04/20/05
Mac OS X not Longhorn  smientkie@... | 04/20/05
Not so much  kenny@... | 04/20/05
Prediction: OS X 10.5 will beat Longhorn out the door  mrs1622 | 04/20/05
longhorn is a strange name for an OS  ocin | 04/20/05
Longhorn  nubytes | 04/20/05
It HAS to be bloatware.  mustangj36@... | 04/20/05
Linux fanatic? Mac-blind?  paxian | 04/20/05
Your idea of Linux is outdated.  blackbelt_jones | 04/27/05
But as any system, it has it own inherit probs  FilledOut | 05/13/05
Another  James Dean_z | 04/20/05
XP and Office is going to be my LAST MS purchase  tlonder@... | 04/20/05
Longhorn? Yawn...  bixbyru@... | 04/20/05
Longhorn, already! YIPPEE!!  paxian | 04/20/05
oh, yeah, and then there's this ....  paxian | 04/20/05
Not worth the investment....YET  Dinman | 04/20/05
Activation - no thanks  cou-cou | 04/20/05
Describe Microsoft Windows in 100 words or less....  Naveed Khan | 04/20/05
True but not whole true  cou-cou | 04/22/05
Big Deal!  OJB | 04/20/05
On a scale of 0 to 10?  DNSB | 04/20/05
Long what?  jimmanis | 04/20/05
Release of Longhorn? Big Deal!!  aabaker | 04/21/05
The Sultan of Brunei  trm1945 | 04/21/05
The way it goes  dirtyratjim@... | 04/21/05
Longhorn: Sleepless night for Certified Engineers again!  tolasimbo | 04/21/05
What's in it for me--a user?  richard.morris | 04/21/05
Be ready to upgrade EVERYTHING!  dzash2000 | 04/21/05
Longhorn or LongHorning in!!!  bands55 | 04/21/05
Longhorn = Vapourware!  Reverend MacFellow | 04/21/05
Excited about Longhorn?  Quantum Rift | 04/21/05
Almost have to feel sorry for MS  lschw1 | 04/21/05
Another Windows release - Long on Promises  sysyphus1 | 04/21/05
Too expensive for so little  jrepin | 04/21/05
replace Longhorn w/windows XP  bpolo | 04/21/05
neither Tiger or Longhorn?  akaralia | 04/21/05
Win 98  Altern_z | 04/21/05
singalong: "They have no use for the longhorn cow."  swede_z | 04/21/05
Naw, I switched to Mac  randyg@... | 04/21/05
Excited about Longhorn  jnwms333 | 04/21/05
Longhorn  rlingk | 04/22/05
Longhorn  skalonick | 04/22/05
longhorn  old_salt | 04/22/05
Longhorn  vonheise | 04/22/05
Am I getting excited about Longhorn?  FlatAffect | 04/23/05
Longhorn Better???  jwick | 04/23/05
MS - Just say NO!  johnlb2002 | 04/24/05
Yawn.  n8auc@... | 04/25/05
Hell, no.  blackbelt_jones | 04/27/05

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