Microsoft Please Respond re: Future CART:PR Patches

All of our chatter regarding whether build 90 is the last patch you plan to release for CART:PR or the first in a series designed to make CART:PR the best in its class is getting tiring. It may be much ado about nothing, but obviously there are multiple interpretations (and *** theories) of your past communications. Please confirm your plans....one sentence is all that we need. Thanks! -- **************************************************************************** Marc Collins "Change is inevitable...except from a vending machine." ****************************************************************************

On Tue, 13 Jan 1998 10:18:05 -0500, "Marc Collins" >All of our chatter regarding whether build 90 is the last patch you plan to >release for CART:PR or the first in a series designed to make CART:PR the >best in its class is getting tiring. It may be much ado about nothing, but >obviously there are multiple interpretations (and *** theories) of >your past communications. Please confirm your plans....one sentence is all >that we need. We complain about what they say.......and we complain about what they don't say! Life's a *** :-) Cheers! John

We will also be complaining if they don't say anything at all in this case... >On Tue, 13 Jan 1998 10:18:05 -0500, "Marc Collins" >>All of our chatter regarding whether build 90 is the last patch you plan to >>release for CART:PR or the first in a series designed to make CART:PR the >>best in its class is getting tiring. It may be much ado about nothing, but >>obviously there are multiple interpretations (and *** theories) of >>your past communications. Please confirm your plans....one sentence is all

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>>that we need. >We complain about what they say.......and we complain about what they >don't say! Life's a *** :-) >Cheers! >John

I don't know about you guys, but I'm gonna keep complaining regardless of anything. It's half the fun of the game! w. spilman ..

On Tue, 13 Jan 1998 22:37:16 -0500, "Marc Collins" >We will also be complaining if they don't say anything at all in this >case... Yep. that's what I said....! Cheers! John

Microsoft is probably pretty busy fending of investigations in anti-trust suits here and in Japan. I think they should be investigated and criminally prosecuted for releasing CPR !!! Shame on you Microsoft. From a company that gives such great packages such as office. CPR is a piece of crap. I think you should s***the version 1 and go directly to the sequel and get it right and then offer everyone who has version 1 an upgrade discount for purchasing this disgusting attempt at a sim. Scott

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> On Tue, 13 Jan 1998 22:37:16 -0500, "Marc Collins" > >We will also be complaining if they don't say anything at all in this > >case... > Yep. that's what I said....! > Cheers! > John

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On Wed, 14 Jan 1998 15:29:40 GMT, "Scott B. Husted"

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>Microsoft is probably pretty busy fending of investigations in >anti-trust suits here and in Japan. I think they should be investigated >and criminally prosecuted for releasing CPR !!! Shame on you Microsoft. >From a company that gives such great packages such as office. CPR is a >piece of crap. I think you should s***the version 1 and go directly >to the sequel and get it right and then offer everyone who has version 1 >an upgrade discount for purchasing this disgusting attempt at a sim.

Hear, hear! Alison

> Microsoft is probably pretty busy fending of investigations in > anti-trust suits here and in Japan. Not to mention their contract workers' class-action suit, which they're losing already (see ZDNet for details). I doubt, however, that John Browne is directly involved in those miseries, and I assume we can hold him to his word that he wants feedback. I suggest that anyone with questions about the finality -- or otherwise -- of the latest CPR patch would be better served emailing their concerns directly to John Browne, rather than posting them here, in the faint -- and growing more faint every day -- hope that anyone fron the MS CART "Team" is actually looking at this NG. John's email is:

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> Microsoft is probably pretty busy fending of investigations in > anti-trust suits here and in Japan. I think they should be investigated > and criminally prosecuted for releasing CPR !!! Shame on you Microsoft. > From a company that gives such great packages such as office. CPR is a > piece of crap. I think you should s***the version 1 and go directly > to the sequel and get it right and then offer everyone who has version 1 > an upgrade discount for purchasing this disgusting attempt at a sim. > Scott

Do you really think Office is that great? They don't release another version every year just to change the year number of the product. They release them to fix bugs and other problems. That'll be another $200 for the upgrade (fix) - thank you says Micro$oft.

Yes... I do think Office is great. I didnt say it was perfect... but I wouldnt want to have to do my job without it!! I love the ease in which I can import/export data and info between Excel, Word, Publisher, etc. I think its a great product and well worth the money. With all that I do with it... I havent found any bugs or problems that effect me. Scott

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> > Microsoft is probably pretty busy fending of investigations in > > anti-trust suits here and in Japan. I think they should be investigated > > and criminally prosecuted for releasing CPR !!! Shame on you Microsoft. > > From a company that gives such great packages such as office. CPR is a > > piece of crap. I think you should s***the version 1 and go directly > > to the sequel and get it right and then offer everyone who has version 1 > > an upgrade discount for purchasing this disgusting attempt at a sim. > > Scott > Do you really think Office is that great? They don't release another > version every year just to change the year number of the product. They > release them to fix bugs and other problems. That'll be another $200 > for the upgrade (fix) - thank you says Micro$oft.

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On Thu, 15 Jan 1998 01:00:24 GMT, "Scott B. Husted" >Yes... I do think Office is great. I didnt say it was perfect... but I >wouldnt want to have to do my job without it!! I love the ease in which >I can import/export data and info between Excel, Word, Publisher, etc. Seconded. Office 97 is an absolute godsend for my job, and market analysis and "what-if" scenarios which used to take days can now be done in seconds. That's one reason I have hope for CPR - prior to V4.0 Excel was nothing special, but with V4 they caught up and since then have been out of sight of the competition in features and ease of use. How about V7.0 of CPR? :) Cheers! John

On Wed, 14 Jan 1998 19:34:00 -0500, Nanker Pheldge >Do you really think Office is that great? They don't release another >version every year just to change the year number of the product. They >release them to fix bugs and other problems. That'll be another $200 >for the upgrade (fix) - thank you says Micro$oft. Nah, you've got it all wrong. They release another version every year so as to be able to introduce yet more bugs ;-) But it's still great <g> Cheers, Richard

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>On Wed, 14 Jan 1998 19:34:00 -0500, Nanker Pheldge >>Do you really think Office is that great? They don't release another >>version every year just to change the year number of the product. They >>release them to fix bugs and other problems. That'll be another $200 >>for the upgrade (fix) - thank you says Micro$oft. >Nah, you've got it all wrong. They release another version every year so >as to be able to introduce yet more bugs ;-) >But it's still great <g> >Cheers, >Richard

That's about right. CPR (20)03 will be good if the sort out the problem in Direct X 13 that causes full duplex sound to be played instead to road textures displayed Brian -- remove 'bye' from address to reply