Re: Vista Delayed

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"Jim Polaski" <jpolaski@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:jpolaski-F5C1AB.11462312112005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Again it seems.
>
> http://www.osviews.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=
> 6005
>
> Or
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> http://tinyurl.com/7dq83
>
> From OS Views.
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> http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/ArticleID/48408/48408.html
>
> Sources at the company told me this week that Microsoft will soon delay
> the release of Windows Vista Beta 2 from December 7, 2005 to sometime in
> January or February 2006. However, because the Vista development
> schedule is extremely time constrained, the company will try and make up
> lost time by eliminating one of the planned release candidate (RC)
> milestones that were planned for later in the process.
>
> A Microsoft representative told me that the company remains on track for
> shipping Windows Vista in the second half of 2006. "We are on schedule
> and committed to shipping on time and ensuring a high-quality product,"
> I was told. "Microsoft sets internal targets for the development team
> around milestones, but these are not commitments to specific dates. We
> do not comment on these internal milestones and we have not announced a
> specific timeframe for our next major Windows Vista milestone. "
>
> "That said, customers have told us repeatedly they prefer more frequent
> code drops through our Community Technology Preview (CTP) program
> [which] provides a great avenue for real time feedback and testing from
> our customers--feedback we formerly received only through the beta
> process. You should expect Microsoft to continue their focus to deliver
> CTPs in the coming months given how successful this program has been."
>
> Previously, sources had revealed to me that Microsoft would at least
> delay the release of Windows Vista Beta 2 until late December. This more
> recent delay suggests that the company is having a difficult time
> meeting its internal shipping criteria for Beta 2, which is considered a
> major milestone release and will be made widely available to testers and
> the public. It's not known at this time whether the delay will affect
> related product releases such as Internet Explorer (IE) 7.0 Beta 2 and
> Windows Media Player 11 Beta 1, both of which were also originally set
> for a December 7 public release.
>
> --
> Regards,
> JP
> "The measure of a man is what he will do while
> expecting that he will get nothing in return!"


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