Письмецо

Я получил от Мелкософта вот это письмо: может комунибудь будет интересно и он прочтет его. пока переводить не буду тк.к. времени нет. Но завтра обязатально выложу перевод
Читайте наздоровье (мне особенно понравились системные требования офиса ):

**NOTE: You have not yet been granted access to any website or newsgroups, as the Technical Beta has not yet begun. As soon as the Beta does begin, you will receive another e-mail from *****@microsoft.com with details on how to access the website to download software and documentation, and information about Technical Beta support. Please read this entire e-mail carefully, as it contains special instructions about your participation in the upcoming Microsoft® Office "12" Technical Beta program.
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Hello Aleksey,
Thank you for completing our nomination survey sometime within the past several weeks, and letting us know about your interest in participating in the Microsoft® Office "12" Technical Beta program. We are pleased to announce that your request for participation in the Office "12" Technical Beta has been approved.
You will be provided with access to the Office "12" Beta software, documentation, and support within the next 2-3 weeks. But we wanted to let you know now that you have been accepted, so that you can make any preparations that you need (Technical Beta system requirements are found below).
Our goal for the Technical Beta is to have a well targeted group of testers who are willing to actively participate and provide useful feedback to our development team. Regular and consistent participation throughout the program is expected.
As an approved Technical Beta tester, we ask that you do the following:
* Download Office "12" software and related information* Participate in private beta newsgroups* Submit bug reports online* Complete periodic surveys to share your input on various technical issues* Observe the non-disclosure terms of participation
*** DOWNLOAD OFFICE "12" SOFTWARE AND RELATED INFORMATION ***The software will be made available to you primarily as a download from a secure website location. We will provide this location to you in our next e-mail. If you are unable to download the software for any reason, we will provide the ability for you to request physical media shipped to you. If you need to have physical media shipped to you, a form will be provided on the website. Simply complete this form and we will send you the physical media.
*** PARTICIPATE IN PRIVATE BETA NEWSGROUPS ***Details on accessing these newsgroups will be provided in the e-mail which you should receive within the next 2-3 weeks. We encourage you to participate actively in these newsgroups, as they are the primary method of support provided during the Technical Beta.
*** SUBMIT BUG REPORTS ONLINE ***From the website which we will point you to in our next e-mail, you will have the ability to submit bugs and feature requests. Details on how to provide good bug reports will be available on the website.
*** COMPLETE PERIODIC SURVEYS TO SHARE YOUR INPUT ON VARIOUS TECHNICAL ISSUES ***You will be notified about these periodic surveys as they become available. We encourage you to answer each survey that pertains to the products or features that match your use of Microsoft Office products. Your responses will help us to better understand the personal and business needs of our valued customers.
*** DURATION OF THE TECHNICAL BETA ***The Technical Beta of Office "12" is scheduled to begin within the next 2-3 weeks and will run through RTM, which is currently planned for the second half of 2006.
*** NON-DISCLOSURE REMINDER ***By participating in the Office "12" Technical Beta, you agree to abide by the non-disclosure terms as contained in the End-User License Agreement (EULA), which you must accept at the beginning of product installation. This Technical Beta employs a pre-release version of the Office "12" software that is for your testing use only and is not publicly accessible. We appreciate your keeping all information about Office "12" strictly confidential, per the terms of the EULA. Failure to comply with the terms outlined in the EULA is a violation of the EULA and grounds for your termination from the Microsoft® Office "12" program, at a minimum.
*** SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ***Below are the system requirements for the Microsoft® Office "12" Beta-1 software. NOTE: We have provided these minimum hardware recommendations here as guidance for deploying Beta-1, but as with any Technical Beta, they do not necessarily represent final Office "12" hardware requirements.
CLIENT
* Operating System: Windows XP SP1 or Windows 2003 (RTM or higher) required
* Processor: Pentium 512 MHz or higher
* RAM: 256 MB minimum
* HD: Varies depending on installation choices
* Resolution: 800 x 600 or higher
SERVER
Operating System: Windows Server 2003 SP1
Single box installation:
* Processor: 2.5 GHz
* RAM: 2 GB recommended, 1 GB minimum
* HD: Scenario dependent
Farm Deployment:
* Web server - Processor: 2.5 GHz; RAM - 2 GB
* App server - Processor: Dual proc - 2.5 GHz; RAM - 2 GB
* SQL - Processor: Dual proc - 2.5 GHz; RAM - 2 GB

*** NOTICE ABOUT FREE SOFTWARE ***Please note that participation in the Office "12" Technical beta does not guarantee gratuity to all participants who are accepted. For example, copies of Office "12" final product are not automatically distributed to all participants at the end of the Technical Beta. This program is a volunteer effort by participants for the mutual benefit of you/your organization and the Microsoft Office team to enable feedback on your testing of 'real world' usage scenarios, and improvement of the final product quality for all Office users.

Thank you again for your interest in Beta testing Microsoft® Office "12". We look forward to your valuable feedback.
Sincerely,
The Microsoft Office Customer Programs Team

Да, совсем забыл получил я это пиьсмо 10 ноября

Действительно Microsoft как "выкинет" что-нибудь, так хоть стой, хоть падай

Об этом говорили много раз Винк говорил, что получил письмо, так же и я получил это письмо...

Dasus объясни вкратце чего они от меня хотят

Об этом меня спрашивает переводчик?

Тебе дали возможность тестировать бету офиса 12. О всех подробностях будет сообщено позже, когда тебе дадут ссылку на скачивание.

Ничего быстро ты написал

Я уже перевел правда, как я понял через 2-3 недели они мне опять напишут и дадут ссылку по которой можно будет скачать Офис и также учавствовать в дискуссиях и строчить комменты Мне в письме особенно понравился пунктик о неразглашении и сохранении тайны тестирования

Ага Уж мы то точно разглашать не будем... Но отчет предоставим

Dasus, уж точно осталось совсем немного до офиса

Сегодня Началось тестирование Office Beta 1

Такие письмы получили бета тестеры:

первое:

**NOTE: Please wait 24 hours from the time you receive this e-mail before trying to access *****.Microsoft.com with your Passport Network credentials (the e-mail address and password that you use to sign in to the Passport Network). If you are unsure of your Passport Network credentials, please email ****@microsoft.com for assistance. During this waiting period, you will receive a separate e-mail from *****@microsoft.com which contains the PRODUCT INSTALLATION KEYS that you will need to use during Office "12" product installation.

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Hello Aleksey,

**Please read this entire e-mail carefully, as it contains special instructions about your participation in the Microsoft® Office "12" Technical Beta program.

Welcome to the Microsoft® Office "12" Technical Beta program. We're looking forward to working with you to make this the best version of Microsoft Office ever, and this Technical Beta represents an important milestone on the road to shipping a great product.

To begin participating in the Office "12" Technical Beta, please visit the Office 12 website at <http://*****.microsoft.com>. Sign in using your Passport Network credentials. Participation in the Office "12" Technical Beta is a personal invitation for you only. Please do not share your Passport Network credentials or your access to beta.microsoft.com with others.

During the program, we need you to exercise Microsoft Office in the ways you and your organization would expect to use the product. You can also expect that we'll be asking you to look at particular areas of functionality at different points in the project to get feedback on specific features or functionality.


FIRST STEPS WITH OFFICE "12"
Before you install the software, please be sure to do the following:
*1. Read the Known Issues, which you will find on the website's left navigation bar. We will continue to update this page, so check it often.
*2. Click Product from the left navigation bar to install the software.


OFFICE "12" DOWNLOADS AND BETA SOFTWARE STABILITY
Note that we're engaging you, our key customers, as early as possible so we have time to respond to your feedback. That means this is true Beta-1 software - you should be able to use all the new functionality of the product, but there are still some rough edges and we haven't completed performance tuning. This is a normal part of the product cycle, and an expected consequence of getting timely comments from you. Your willingness to work through these rough edges means your feedback can have great impact since final adjustments are still being made.


PRODUCT INSTALLATION KEYS
In order to install the software, you will first need a product installation key. We will e-mail you your personal product installation keys in a separate e-mail within the next 24 hours. Please remember that these product keys are intended solely for your use during the installation of the Microsoft Office "12" Beta release and should not be shared with anyone else, under any circumstances. If you lose your product keys, please contact <mailto:****@microsoft.com> and we will resend them to you.


BUG REPORTS
When you encounter bugs, please file them by clicking Submit a Bug from the website's left navigation bar. For information on how to file a good bug and how to check on the status of bugs you have filed, see the Frequently Asked Questions along the website's left navigation bar. Please submit only those bugs that you find in Office "12" products.


SUPPORT
We are using newsgroups as the primary source of support for the Office "12" Technical Beta. Private newsgroups are accessed from a dedicated news server using your Beta ID and a Password. If you do not already have a password, you can create a newsgroup password on <http://*****.microsoft.com/>, under the "Modify Your Info/Modify Newsgroup Login Info" tab along the top of the screen.

More detailed information about accessing the newsgroups is available on <http://*****.microsoft.com/> from "Participation Info/Newsgroups," also found along the top of the website's screen.

To access the NNTP private newsgroups you will need a news reader program. The newsgroups can also be accessed via your Internet browser by connecting to <http://*****.microsoft.com/>. You will need to use the account information listed below to configure either newsgroup viewing option. More detailed information about accessing the newsgroups is available on <http://****.microsoft.com>.

All newsgroups for this beta program begin with:*****.beta.office12.*
Newsgroup Account Name: *****
Newsgroup Password: Enter the password you created on ****.microsoft.com
News Server: ******.microsoft.com
*Note: If you forget the newsgroup password you created, you will need to go to <http://****.microsoft.com> to create a new one.

Microsoft will never request you send your password information to us via email or any other method. Any attempt to obtain your password could indicate fraudulent activity and should be reported to us immediately at <mailto:*****@microsoft.com>. Please do not share this account information beyond the scope of what is allowed under the End-User License Agreement (EULA). In addition, please do not discuss the Office "12" Technical Beta in newsgroups outside of this program, including other Microsoft newsgroups.


*** NON-DISCLOSURE REMINDER ***
By participating in the Office "12" Technical Beta, you agree to abide by the non-disclosure terms as contained in the End-User License Agreement (EULA), which you must accept at the beginning of product installation. This Technical Beta employs a pre-release version of the Office "12" software that is for your testing use only and is not publicly accessible. We appreciate your keeping all information about Office "12" strictly confidential, per the terms of the EULA. Failure to comply with the terms outlined in the EULA is a violation of the EULA and grounds for your termination from the Microsoft® Office "12" program, at a minimum.


For administrative issues, send email to <mailto:*****@microsoft.com>.

Thank you for participating in the Office "12" Technical Beta. We look forward to your valuable feedback.

Sincerely,

The Microsoft Office Customer Programs Team


Второе:

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Hello Aleksey,

Thank you for participating in the Office "12" Technical Beta.

Below are your product installation keys (PID). These product installation keys (PID) are required for installation of Microsoft Office "12" Beta. Please remember that these product keys are intended solely for your personal use during the installation of the Microsoft Office "12" Beta release and should not be shared with anyone else.

PRODUCT KEYS (ENGLISH and JAPANESE):
OFFICE PRO CLIENT
****

OFFICE SERVER
****

GROOVE SERVER
****

For administrative issues, send email to ****@microsoft.com.

Thank you for participating in the Office "12" Technical Beta. We look forward to your valuable feedback.

Sincerely,
The Microsoft Office Programs Team

Ссылка для скачивания находится на beta.microsoft.com Я тоже получил такое письмо....

Во, Майкрософт официально извинилась перед тестерами за проблемы с их сайтом:

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Hello,

We have received numerous reports this morning of users being unable to access BetaPlace, experiencing long delays, and some reports of download issues. We have escalated the problem and it should be resolved shortly. We appreciate your patience as we work to correct the issue.

Thank you,

Office Customer/Partner Programs Team

Мда... Только ситуацию это особо не изменило. Сайт опять недоступен...

Работает, работает. Офис потихоньку льется.

Ну у кого какие результаты?

8 минут до окончания закачки. Удалю пре-Бету и на чистую поставлю Бету. Прямо сейчас. Не спится что-то.

Хорошо вам... У меня вообще еле работает эта бетамайкрософт. Чаще даже совсем не работает. Я даже торрент включил для проверки.

И еще. Давайте перенесем все обсуждения беты 1 в соответствующую тему. Здесь только о письмах из мелкософта.