Susan Harkins
harkinsss at bellsouth.net
Tue Jan 24 18:31:31 CST 2006
I understand the costs and the risks early in a beta's life. At this point though? No way -- this is just obscene. I didn't know the cutting edge was gonna make me bleed!!!!!!!!! <groan> Now, the interesting thing is -- I downloaded and installed it anyway -- without uninstalling anything. I thought to myself -- surely at this point it'll all work without all this fuss? Well, it's there and I can launch it -- don't know if it actually works yet. Also, nothing else looks broken -- Express and Management Studio are still running. Now, IF I had uninstalled and reinstalled everything as instructed and learned later from someone else that I'd wasted my time, I would be even more furious. I don't know what to be mad about -- that fact that I had to uninstall and reinstall or the fact that I didn't! :) Susan H. Yup. But that's the name of the game if you want to stay on the cutting edge. Out of laziness, I tend to let everyone else work out the bugs. I just recently made the move to XP, so that shows how quick I was to jump on their latest software :) D -----Original Message----- From: dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 4:15 PM To: SQLList Subject: [dba-SQLServer] I've had enough! I hate to bi*ch <cough> -- but I have just had enough of MS. Anyone working with the Express beta knows that it's a pia to install -- and I'm not the only one that's had problems. Well, to install Management Studio, I had to reformat and start over fresh. <fume> I need to download and install VB Express -- and GUESS WHAT??????????? I have to uninstall everything first! What made me think that it would just be an easy process??????? I am so sick of this I am ready to tell them all thank you just the same, but I'll use Oracle from now on. I truly am. Anyone else as sick of this as I am? I mean, there's a whole list of things you have to uninstall and reinstall -- and if you're reinstaller number one million four hundred thousand and sixty three, well... they let you slide and it all works. :( Twice during the beta process I've had to reformat and start over because there was something that Express didn't like. :( If I have to reformat and start over again I'm going to catch a plane to Redmon and kick some MS butt! :( Susan H. _______________________________________________ dba-SQLServer mailing list dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-SQLServer mailing list dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.18/230 - Release Date: 1/14/2006