Comments on: What’s next Microsoft, charging for beta invites? http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060730/3638/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:32:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Make You Go Hmm: » Office 2007 beta ribbon space hogging complaints generate changes http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060730/3638/#comment-289583 Make You Go Hmm: » Office 2007 beta ribbon space hogging complaints generate changes Fri, 25 Aug 2006 13:52:58 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060730/3638/#comment-289583 [...] Lately I’ve spent more time using Office competing products and my Office 2007 beta testing has slipped. Also, I was annoyed by the announcement that they planned to charge for some of their beta software downloads. Yeah, yeah, it’s only a $1.50, but who’s helping who? [...] […] Lately I’ve spent more time using Office competing products and my Office 2007 beta testing has slipped. Also, I was annoyed by the announcement that they planned to charge for some of their beta software downloads. Yeah, yeah, it’s only a $1.50, but who’s helping who? […]

]]> By: Make You Go Hmm: » Hmmcast #19: Catching up http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060730/3638/#comment-287266 Make You Go Hmm: » Hmmcast #19: Catching up Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:53:10 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060730/3638/#comment-287266 [...] Most Hmm-worthy posts from July 29 - August 18, 2006 - What’s next Microsoft, charging for beta invites? (1) [july 30] - How many new domains are registered every day? (**4) [july 31] “There’s a lot of evidence that most of these domains are registered for less than five days, before the registrant dumps them, requests a refund, then re-registers them.” - Comment by Kevin Murphy — July 31, 2006 @ 11:30 am [...] […] Most Hmm-worthy posts from July 29 - August 18, 2006 - What’s next Microsoft, charging for beta invites? (1) [july 30] - How many new domains are registered every day? (**4) [july 31] “There’s a lot of evidence that most of these domains are registered for less than five days, before the registrant dumps them, requests a refund, then re-registers them.” - Comment by Kevin Murphy — July 31, 2006 @ 11:30 am […]

]]> By: Will http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060730/3638/#comment-266646 Will Sun, 30 Jul 2006 22:27:39 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060730/3638/#comment-266646 Hmm... might be part of a trend. See <a href="http://www.valleybeta.com/">Valleybeta</a>, also written up <a href="http://www.valleywag.com/tech/valleyschwag/valleyschwag-launches-valleybeta-become-a-test-case-today-174753.php">here</a> in that scandal sheet ValleyWag. It's not quite the same... no explicit fees. But it is only being offered right now to users of a fee based service <a href="http://valleyschwag.com/">Valleyschwag</a>. Hmm… might be part of a trend. See Valleybeta, also written up here in that scandal sheet ValleyWag.

It’s not quite the same… no explicit fees. But it is only being offered right now to users of a fee based service Valleyschwag.

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