Comments on: Microsoft eOpen down again – time for action http://andersonfam.org/2008/08/06/microsoft-eopen-down-again-time-for-action/ Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:44:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: William Benson http://andersonfam.org/2008/08/06/microsoft-eopen-down-again-time-for-action/comment-page-1/#comment-21631 William Benson Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:14:27 +0000 http://andersonfam.org/?p=465#comment-21631 I am frustrated that after adding my Agreement to my eOpen account, my license for Visual Studios says "Unresolved" with only the vaguest directions how to go about resolving it. My MS Office 2007 Pro license is there, plain as day -- what gives with VS?? Bought this 2-year renewal of VS with MSDN Pro from DELL for $850 and so far have been thwarted each of the several times I sign in to try to do something about it. It is always something ... including, trying to find the software to download, seems all I can find are service packs. Guess I am just an idiot... but I do not have 100 hours to spend looking for stuff online at MicroShark, I have a real job and too many other things and this computer hobby of mine is really out of touch with the changes in software anyway. Maybe I'll think of it as a bad investment and just move on. I am frustrated that after adding my Agreement to my eOpen account, my license for Visual Studios says “Unresolved” with only the vaguest directions how to go about resolving it. My MS Office 2007 Pro license is there, plain as day — what gives with VS??

Bought this 2-year renewal of VS with MSDN Pro from DELL for $850 and so far have been thwarted each of the several times I sign in to try to do something about it. It is always something … including, trying to find the software to download, seems all I can find are service packs. Guess I am just an idiot… but I do not have 100 hours to spend looking for stuff online at MicroShark, I have a real job and too many other things and this computer hobby of mine is really out of touch with the changes in software anyway. Maybe I’ll think of it as a bad investment and just move on.

]]> By: Alex http://andersonfam.org/2008/08/06/microsoft-eopen-down-again-time-for-action/comment-page-1/#comment-21625 Alex Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:44:52 +0000 http://andersonfam.org/?p=465#comment-21625 They were up yesterday, But seem to be down again today. They were up yesterday, But seem to be down again today.

]]> By: erik http://andersonfam.org/2008/08/06/microsoft-eopen-down-again-time-for-action/comment-page-1/#comment-21623 erik Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:59:22 +0000 http://andersonfam.org/?p=465#comment-21623 @JG eOpen has been working fine for me for the past week or so. @JG

eOpen has been working fine for me for the past week or so.

]]> By: JG http://andersonfam.org/2008/08/06/microsoft-eopen-down-again-time-for-action/comment-page-1/#comment-21622 JG Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:44:51 +0000 http://andersonfam.org/?p=465#comment-21622 Anyone hear when they'll be back up? It's killing me right now. Anyone hear when they’ll be back up? It’s killing me right now.

]]> By: erik http://andersonfam.org/2008/08/06/microsoft-eopen-down-again-time-for-action/comment-page-1/#comment-21616 erik Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:36:15 +0000 http://andersonfam.org/?p=465#comment-21616 @Jeremy Interesting - it does surely seem like they're trying to make things much more complex than they need to be. From my viewpoint, it doesn't seem like the tasks eOpen is trying to accomplish are all that complex. Sure, the web application needs to scale to many hundreds of thousands of users, but still, this is the stuff that MS markets themselves as been good at. @Jeremy

Interesting – it does surely seem like they’re trying to make things much more complex than they need to be. From my viewpoint, it doesn’t seem like the tasks eOpen is trying to accomplish are all that complex. Sure, the web application needs to scale to many hundreds of thousands of users, but still, this is the stuff that MS markets themselves as been good at.

]]> By: Jeremy http://andersonfam.org/2008/08/06/microsoft-eopen-down-again-time-for-action/comment-page-1/#comment-21615 Jeremy Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:24:22 +0000 http://andersonfam.org/?p=465#comment-21615 I wonder if it's related to the problem that's also been plaguing their other sites for a while. I've noticed it in them losing sessions and re-asking for credentials to view technet stuff lately (stuff that's indexed by google and has no real reason to need a session). As one of their former employees <a href="http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2008/07/22/how-not-to-build-a-highly-available-web-site.aspx" rel="nofollow">noted</a> a few weeks ago, they seem to be trying to make things on their web site more complex than they need to make it, and everything is suffering because of it. I wonder if it’s related to the problem that’s also been plaguing their other sites for a while. I’ve noticed it in them losing sessions and re-asking for credentials to view technet stuff lately (stuff that’s indexed by google and has no real reason to need a session). As one of their former employees noted a few weeks ago, they seem to be trying to make things on their web site more complex than they need to make it, and everything is suffering because of it.

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