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Windows 7 fast track alarms technical testers
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| Microsoft has moved to contain growing criticism from beta testers that it's
| railroading the Windows 7 and Windows Live test programs, leaving bugs
| unfixed.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/19/windows_7_live_testing/
Windows 7 on the (Too) Fast Track
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| Development team responses like "won't fix" or "by design" seem to be the the
| norm for even serious issues, leading many testers to conclude that the
| product was feature complete (i.e. no longer subject to significant
| modification based on tester input) long before they received their first
| code drop.
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| I've long felt the Windows 7 development process was a bit too opaque. After
| the near transparency of the Vista soap opera -- where we all tuned in weekly
| to learn of the latest axed feature or slipped ship date -- Windows 7 has
| been a veritable "black box." Most of us knew nothing about the new version
| until we received our pre-release PDC builds, and by then much of the OS'
| design and feature set was already frozen.
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| And as for the public "beta" charade, more than one person has accused
| Microsoft of using the threat of limited availability and a fixed cut-off
| date as a kind of PR stunt, a way to generate buzz by showing how much
| pent-up demand exists for their new baby.
|
| [...]
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| Wake up, folks. It's all been a big lie.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/159941/microsoft_windows_7_rush_to_market.html?tk=rss_news
You get what you pay for (details below).
Related:
Microsoft India centre working on Windows 7
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| Designers and engineers at Microsoft R&D centre in India have a new mandate
| for development of Windows 7, the next generation operating system from
| Microsoft Corporation, slated for release in 2009-10.
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http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/business/microsoft-india-centre-workingwindows-7/09/56/296305
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