MS has done it again: a mistake in their email on Win7 Beta


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Received a email form MS Technet :o :o

Special Beta Edition -- Correction

Because you signed up to test the Windows 7 Beta, we recently sent you mail about the expiration dates for the Beta and Release Candidate. Unfortunately, we made a mistake.

We said the Beta would start shutting down every two hours on June 1, 2009. The correct date is July 1, 2009.

The rest of the dates in the mail were correct. Here?s a quick summary:

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well i guess it just goes to prove that in fact everyone is fallible

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If you are going to make a thread mocking the mistakes of others, next time try titling your thread correctly ;)

MS have done it again: a mistake in their email on Win7 Beta, wrong expiry date

Easy error to make though, was probably typed in haste. Remember, the people that work at Microsoft are human too :p

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If you are going to make a thread mocking the mistakes of others, next time try titling your thread correctly ;)

Easy error to make though, was probably typed in haste. Remember, the people that work at Microsoft are human too :p

Not to be nit-picky, here :p, but American's use "has" instead of "have" in situations like this. Maybe some other countries do aswell?

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Not to be nit-picky about a nit-pick of a nit-pick, but you should s/'// ;)

Not to be nit-picky but it should just be Americans without any apostrophe.

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In other news, pencils still ship with little erasers on top ;)

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Haha!! Suddenly it became a talk in U.S. & conventional English grammar lol?? :blink:

Actually I was not trying to mock MS mistake, they have confessed it. I was wondering if this one could provide some material for the news guys.

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Sorry guys if the title sounds midleading, I meant MS making public mistakes, not particularly "making mistake in an email announcement".

Two came to my mind: 1. Posting an annoucement "dated May" in March; 2. A hotfix download/install that requires "Vista SP3".

There may be more, but I don't want to strain my memory.

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In other news, pencils still ship with little erasers on top ;)

I'm sure if it was Apple that made the mistake, you wouldn't be so lenient ;)

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Haha!! Suddenly it became a talk in U.S. & conventional English grammar lol?? :blink:

Actually I was not trying to mock MS mistake, they have confessed it. I was wondering if this one could provide some material for the news guys.

At least they were big enough to admit their mistake, I personally don't see what is so wrong. And talking of how big Microsoft is.... for a big comapny ....any company ....let alone microsoft (who generally NEVER admits they made a mistake). I feel that Microsoft has done the right thing in informing people anyway.

If it was the Microsoft of old they would never have bothered.... but it seems these days Microsoft has changed and is trying to do the right thing !

Good on ya Microsoft !

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If you are going to make a thread mocking the mistakes of others, next time try titling your thread correctly ;)

Has is correct - you are referring to a company, not the individuals of which it is comprised. But using 'have' is acceptable because it flows better and is more personal, even if not technically correct. As far as I'm aware this isn't a US / UK issue. And even if the original poster were to have used the incorrect grammar is it really necessary to criticise them so harshly?

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