Indeed, we ourselves have created an expectation, and then are disappointed with the expectation created is the human being has no way!
LOL, when I started this thread I thought somebody(inclduing WZor) would leak Update2 soon, and then some MDL member would start another thread on it. Tks Yen for the explanations of MDL policies, like I said, I just couldn't care less for haters, let alone to make a response, personally I think haters are pathetic. @murphy, AFAIK. and like I posted before, MSDN do not provide the things like what maddog suggested, period. I had tried politely to request him to start another thread, because if he posts here, I'll need to read all of it and I'd hate to waste my time. ..... btw, no comment on other member's attitudes, it's none of my business.
Yah I'm thinking you guys are right in that there's no even remotely public beta option anymore, and definitely not one that's available through msdn accounts. We know this because many of us actually do have msdn accounts and have no such option. Still, though, let us just ignore the dude instead of name-calling.
why surprise ???? IIRC similiar rumors have been reported weeks ago by MJF or whoever you always laugh at for no reason.
since that coming up update is nothing more than a major patch-day thingy (perhaps a little more), I easily can imagine, why Ms didn't put it out in the wild prior to official deployment, that easy