[swissboy]

Microsoft Supplies Update on Windows Vista Beta

On Tuesday, Microsoft representatives gathered virtually with beta testers and the press in separate online chats in order to communicate their progress with the Windows Vista beta. Recently, it has been revealed that the oft-delayed Windows Vista has been stung by even further delays: The Beta 2 milestone, originally scheduled for December 2005, has been pushed back to the first quarter of 2006, Microsoft says. But the company maintains that it is still on track for a late 2006 release.

Den kompletten Windows IT Pro Artikel von Paul Thurrott gibt es hier.


UPDATE:
Es gibt inzwischen auch eine WinFuture-News zu diesem Thema:
http://www.winfuture...news,23241.html
http://www.winfuture...news,23245.html

Dieser Beitrag wurde von swissboy bearbeitet: 30. November 2005 - 22:27

[Sydney]

Today, on a Microsoft conference call with journalists about Windows Vista, Microsoft confirmed that the Windows Vista November CTP will not be released to all testers. Instead, it was released to only TAP (Technology Adoption Program) customers. Microsoft continued to say that the Windows Vista November CTP did not go through all of the internal quality assurance procedures that a wider released build would demand.

Some good news did come out of this call. Microsoft confirmed that there will be a December CTP of Windows Vista released to testers; which promises to be close to feature complete.

Quelle: http://bink.nu/Article5450.bink

[swissboy]

Microsoft scheint offensichtlich zumindest darüber nachzudenken die Windows Vista Beta 2 ganz zu streichen, definitiv entschieden scheint dies aber noch nicht zu sein. Der Grund wäre wohl darin zu suchen das Microsoft gemerkt hat das sie bereits genug Feedback für Entwicklung durch die CTP-Builds erhalten und somit die Beta 2 für Microsoft eigentlich überflüssig ist. Möglicherweise würde dafür die Februar 2006 CTP oder der RC0 öffentlich verfügbar gemacht.


Microsoft Mulls Canceling Windows Vista Beta 2

In its manic bid to keep Windows Vista on track despite constant development delays, Microsoft could cancel its eagerly anticipated Beta 2 milestone and simply utilize Community Technical Preview (CTP) releases until Release Candidate 0 (RC0) is ready in March or April 2006. According to my sources, this plan would allow the company to continue plotting the final release of Windows Vista for the third quarter of 2006.
When asked to comment about these plans, however, Microsoft denied that it was canceling Beta 2. "Microsoft is not canceling [Windows Vista] Beta 2," a company representative told me, noting that comments by Amitabh Srivastava, the corporate vice president of Windows Core Operating System Development at Microsoft, made during yesterday's conference call with the press, are relevant to this topic. During that call, Srivastava said that Beta was "less urgent" than before because of the company's new engineering process and early CTP feedback.

Den kompletten Windows IT Pro Artikel von Paul Thurrott gibt es hier.

Dieser Beitrag wurde von swissboy bearbeitet: 30. November 2005 - 22:34

[TheBrain]

Von mir aus können sie die Beta2 gerne streichen, wenn sie dann die Final kostenlos (=durch Werbung finanziert *g) rausbringen.

Ansonsten glaube ich eher nicht daran, dass sie die Beta2 wegfallen lassen, denn ungesehen/ungetestet kauf ich mir bestimmt kein WindowsVista.