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To: Swordmaker
It's BETA for cryin' out loud. Naturally beta versions are going to have bugs.
6 posted on 08/23/2006 8:53:05 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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To: BigSkyFreeper
It's BETA for cryin' out loud. Naturally beta versions are going to have bugs.

Bugs....absolutely. Stability is the issue here. Betas are for working out quirky problems that cannot be duplicated in a lab. When your vendors and test audience don't have a stable beta model to work with, it pretty much renders the entire process moot. This is a big problem if MS tries to go to market with an unstable Vista. It would be Windows ME to the tenth power.

12 posted on 08/23/2006 9:21:47 PM PDT by Space Wrangler
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To: BigSkyFreeper
It's BETA for cryin' out loud. Naturally beta versions are going to have bugs.

Shhhhhh!!! You'll spoil everyone's MS-bashing fun. Including those who aren't familiar with the Beta testing concept.

24 posted on 08/24/2006 5:30:22 AM PDT by relictele
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To: BigSkyFreeper
It's BETA for cryin' out loud. Naturally beta versions are going to have bugs.

At this stage of its development, it shouldn't have many. They are allegedly getting ready for the release candidate. If this beta is as bad as many are saying, they need another before they release the RC.

26 posted on 08/24/2006 7:20:46 AM PDT by zeugma (I reject your reality and substitute my own in its place. (http://www.zprc.org/))
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To: BigSkyFreeper
Its in its final beta and the RC1 candidate is due out in less than two weeks...

Maybe if MS was not so busy with the x-box, trying to take on google, mp3 players, and other crap they would be able to turn out a stable rc candidate within a half decade..
28 posted on 08/24/2006 7:28:21 AM PDT by N3WBI3 ("I can kill you with my brain" - River Tam)
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