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Did anyone read the small print when installing M$ anti-spyware beta?
It won't function past 2005 -or sooner, when the commercial ($$$$) product
is ready. We are guinea pigs.
I thought this was a part of the product designed to enhance value (in light
of all the attacks).
 
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Did anyone read the small print when installing M$ anti-spyware beta?
It won't function past 2005 -or sooner, when the commercial ($$$$) product
is ready. We are guinea pigs.
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Not guinea pigs - beta users.

Beta products are not meant to be used forever. It makes perfect sense
for Microsoft to proceed that way.
 
Frederic Bonroy said:
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Not guinea pigs - beta users.

Beta products are not meant to be used forever. It makes perfect sense
for Microsoft to proceed that way.
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I guess so. But they're still cheap, money hungry, sob's.
 
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| Did anyone read the small print when installing M$ anti-spyware beta?
| It won't function past 2005 -or sooner, when the commercial ($$$$) product
| is ready. We are guinea pigs.
| I thought this was a part of the product designed to enhance value (in light
| of all the attacks).
|

The fact is it after the Beta period is over and is fully released, it will remain free for
private use but there will be a version that will have a cost and will be geared for the
Enterprise network.
 
The fact is it after the Beta period is over and is fully released, it
will remain free for
private use but there will be a version that will have a cost and will be
geared for the
Enterprise network.
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Has Microsoft discussed when they might end the "beta" testing of MS
AntiSpyware? It apparently won't be this year.
 
Conor said:
Why are you using Windows then? **** off and go stick a free Linux
distro on.
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Because many of us don't understand Linux well since Micro$haft has become a
near MONOPOLY. It's standard at work, etc.
 
Conor said:
Of course there is. Use the WGA program so those who've got legit
Windows can get MS Antispyware and MS AV for free.
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and get accused of anti-trust violations due to anti-competitive
behaviour in the desktop security market...really, you should read the
article before you reply...
 
Did anyone read the small print when installing M$ anti-spyware beta?
It won't function past 2005 -or sooner, when the commercial ($$$$)
product is ready. We are guinea pigs.
I thought this was a part of the product designed to enhance value
(in light of all the attacks).
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If you spent a little less time thinking of creative ways to miss-spell
"Microsoft" and a little more time on research, you'd know that the software
will remain free for home use when it comes out of Beta phase.

Want a towel to wipe that egg off your face?
 
Robert Moir said:
If you spent a little less time thinking of creative ways to miss-spell
"Microsoft" and a little more time on research, you'd know that the
software will remain free for home use when it comes out of Beta phase.

Want a towel to wipe that egg off your face?
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I didn't read the ENTIRE user agreement, but it DID mention a "commercial"
version by 2005.
Care to wipe that egg off your face?
:-)
 
kurt wismer said:
and get accused of anti-trust violations due to anti-competitive
behaviour in the desktop security market...really, you should read the
article before you reply...
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No need. It says nothing that hasn't been said before. Anyway as
they're not bundling it in the OS how could it be anti competitive?
 
I guess you don't find windows useful and really want to use something else.
Well go ahead.

regards,
 
I guess so. But they're still cheap, money hungry, sob's.
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Please explain just where on Microsoft's web site from where you
download MSAS where it does NOT mention "Beta". If you don't want to
use beta software then don't and wait around until Microsoft finally
gets around to releasing it publicly (which will be after they get
around to coding up an enterprise version).

Explain how providing a FREE product makes them cheap. You are the one
that is cheap! Money hungry? Yeah, right, especially since you aren't
paying them anything. SOB? You are the SOB for being such an obvious
boob that is too lazy to research or even to ask. The product is free
now. The product will remain free for personal use. Obviously that
doesn't make them cheap but obviously you are.

You obviously haven't even bothered using the webnews-for-dummies
interface to access the MSAS newsgroups
(http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?ICP=spyware&sLCID=us).
If you don't want to use the browser interface to their groups, define a
news server in your NNTP client where:

server = privatenews.microsoft.com
username = privatenews\spyware
password = spyware

Next time, turn off the boob tube for a short time and spend it doing
some Googling around to read the newsgroup posts, web sites, and the
news to see what is really going on. Just because a particular release
is self-expiring does not restrict in any way when a public release is
made available. Microsoft probably won't release the personal-use
version as a public release until they are also ready to provide the
enterprise version as a public release. The enterprise version
incorporates many features which you won't need and it will cost money
(so obviously you won't be buying it).
 
Conor said:
No need. It says nothing that hasn't been said before. Anyway as
they're not bundling it in the OS how could it be anti competitive?
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again i say read the article... *if* they give it away for free they'd
be anti-competitive... that one little "if" makes a world of difference...

oh, and although it might not be their anti-spyware product
specifically, i definitely recall windows update downloading some kind
of malware remover, which is about as close as you can get to bundling
with the OS without actually doing so...
 
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