Vista SP1 beta 1 to launch in mid-July
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| Another observation: If Microsoft releases Vista SP1 in November, it will
| have been in beta for an unusually short four months. In the past, Microsoft
| Windows service packs could be in beta for a year or longer.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=559
They really ought to release betas of their patches as well. Almost every
month, some patches break something, due to unforeseen conflicts.
People can now run unstable software on top of another piece of unstable
software (see below).
The Guardian says that SP1 will probably be ready in 2008, not November, based
DoJ filings.
Related:
Vista backlash grows; key advocate moves back to XP
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| Chris Pirillo just broke up with Windows Vista, saying, "The shipping
| version of this OS is late beta, at best."
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| Jason Busch did the same: "It's an absolute travesty that
| Microsoft would have released such a half-baked product."
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http://gracefulflavor.net/2007/03/06/vista-backlash-grows-key-advocate-moves-back-to-xp/
http://tinyurl.com/2ldrbe
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