Seriously, not to sound as cranky as I feel, but why make us go through the process of downloading the software and installing it just to find out we need an approval that takes a month to complete? This seems like the wrong approach. Ideally the release would be, you show a demo to everyone, tell them they can start signing up in a month, take a few people aside and give them access, but not lead everyone else on to think it's immediate?
Beyond that, why do people have to ask to be approved twice? Once in the web app and once here in this forum before they get approved?
How many people here were approved based solely on their web app application vs. how many had to ask again to get the powers-that-be to bump them up in the queue.
If you're ready for everyone to use it, then why not just turn the damned thing on? This whole concept of teasing out a release is really getting old. Don't lead me on, don't make me install software just to find out I can't use it yet.
This sounds all to familiar like video game releases. "Grand Theft Auto 4 ships in October 2007, but it'll be in limited supply at our store, so pay up now to reserve your copy." ... "Oh dang, it's pushed back to December ... but look at our pre-sales income." ... "Oh dang it's now pushed to March" ... "Oh dang it's April" ... "Oh dang we leaked the code to the internets for those who have hacked machines but those of you who purchased it legitimately still have to wait until ..."
Or getting your citizenship here. "Please fill out this form to apply for citizenship. Oh yeah, if you want to have your citizenship processed within the next ten years you can pay us, your federal government, ten-grand more and we might put you at the top of the stack."
Absurd.
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