Analysts: Microsoft Changes Meaning Of 'Release Candidate'
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| Two industry watchers say Microsoft is corrupting the term, leading to
| major confusion among customers and others about whether the operating
| system is truly ready to evaluate.
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| Two analysts Thursday accused Microsoft Corp. of changing the meaning
| of "release candidate" by pushing out a version of Windows Vista that
| still needs major work.
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| Joe Wilcox, an analyst with JupiterResearch, said that Microsoft's
| corrupted the term.
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I guess that people will not be downloading Linux distributions in their RC
phase because Microsoft rewrites perceptions... just as it has people assume
that viruses exist in Linux and disks require defragmentation.
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