Oh yeah, people really want to beta-test a server :rolleyes:

While were at it, lets precariously balance some papers above this here gas stove and leave it for a while to see what happens...

wazzledoozleOh yeah, people really want to beta-test a server :rolleyes:

Believe it or not? I actually do... I am hauling it in when it comes down for the heck of it, because I am picking up a NEVER USED 160gb Maxtor SATA 2 disk from a buddy of mine this Friday for only $40 (untouchable deal) to install it on to test it when it releases.

APK

That's creative :rolleyes:

Give it the same codename as Vista had

At my job, this computer I am on uses Windows Server 2003. It looks like Windows XP, just a tad bit different. Im sure Longhorn will be sort of the same as 2003..

WarEagleAUAt my job, this computer I am on uses Windows Server 2003. It looks like Windows XP, just a tad bit different. Im sure Longhorn will be sort of the same as 2003..

Which is EXACTLY why I want to try it: The computer I am posting this on here to this forum on uses Windows Server 2003 SP #1 fully hotfix patched & I like it... imo, it's the BEST Operating System for a PC Microsoft has put out, to date, thusfar.

:)

APK

Same, I'd love to see it's possibilities. The name Longhorn sounds rather wrong though. If the server 2007/8 could be to Vista what 2003 is to XP now it could be rather interesting. A very light DX10 platform.

I might.


I would have got a free licanse for 03 Server if I would have participated in the SP alpha and beta tests. But upon the third call to see what was going on I told them to F off as I didn't have time.


I have the space, and the hardware. If it can will accelerate the database and improve upon my hacked multi user version of XP Pro. More power to them.

Well, I am just finished replying to the secure socket email reply I had to fill out (first on the web, using JavaScript + Cookies enabled (while @ the MS link above), which I never ordinarily do, & then via email to another secure link) so it's done here now!

Hey, it's Microsoft & yes, I trust them to a good extent, so I enabled that stuff for this!

Now, it's "off to the races" ('hurry up & wait' is more like it, lol) to wait for notice of it releasing...

:)

* Steevo: That is actually GOOD news that the possibility of getting this OS release free may come out of it... I truly CAN deal w/ that!

APK

It depends on how deep you are in, and how valuable you are to them. I use the place I work at as leverage to get me some access. A farm of high performance systems by most business standards.


I know a guy at ESPN doing network admin, same thing as me, and he has access to about the same number of systems, but with less priviages to do things. I run F@H on all the machines that can handle it. It all depends on what you can do.