Posted on 03/15/2006 2:10:38 PM PST by ShadowAce
Let me know when they rethink the horrid layout that is the Windows UI.
(By UI, I do not mean the Aero Glass theme.)
"Microsoft Rethinks the Beta Process"
So they will actually complete beta testing PRIOR to selling their products. Cool twist for MS.
Microsoft takes a clue from open source. Linus was right, it is a superior development model. I like that I can download nightly builds of Firefox if I want to and test it out.
OK. Let's take bets on how the spin will be spun.... :)
> OK. Let's take bets on how the spin will be spun.... :)
Actually, I don't give a rat's a$$ whether MS spins it this way or that -- as long as the change improves their software.
I work professionally on Windows systems (I prefer Linux, NetBSD, and Mac) and would be thrilled if their next OS was actually any good. I've left all my personal development and production Win systems at 2000-Pro because I can't stand XP, and expect to be forced to go directly to Vista because of the support cut-offs.
So I don't care if MS says that Steve Ballmer _invented_ the new development model and Linus stole it.... so long as it improves the stuff they're selling.
BTW, the software company I work for uses the frequent-build model, and it works -really- well. Betas are so-o-o 1980's...
I'm a Gamma tester for Microsoft.
oh tarnished one, lay of the cool-aid. this stuff is too much even for you.
LMAO at golden eagle
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Senator Fattecat (R-WA) is pushing for a ban on
Finnish-produced software. His chief of staff, Ms. Dee Septive, has
published a 200-page report revealing "the Helsinkian Underground", a
Finnish world domination plot hatched in 1943.
The Fattecat expose describes Finland's recent scheme involving free
software. "Linux, originally called Freix (FREIX Retrieves Electronic
Intelligence X), is a scheme to infiltrate the Western world with a 'free'
operating system with nasty backdoors hidden within its obfuscated source
code. IRC (Intelligence Relaying Code) is another Finnish innovation
designed for spying purposes."
Linus Torvalds plays a prominent role in the conspiracy. "That old story
about Linus developing a Unix clone in his spare time while at University
is a lark," the report states. "Indeed, the name Linux ("Line X") was
coined because the kernel can extract any arbitrary line of intelligence
from any document it has access to."
Funny! Does it go on?
SO what is CTP ?
I'm pretty excited about XGL. It is VERY cool. Thanks for the video.
live CD demonstrating the new Xgl technology for 3D window manipulation and other unusual effects:
See #16.
In this case, they're recent snapshot builds of Windows Vista that go to developers, MSDN subscribers, and at certain conferences and trade shows.
IIRC, the latest one was build 5308 (Feb. CTP), there's going to be an April CTP and then a more public trial before it ships around Christmas.
I wouldn't mind being a Windows beta tester--truth be told, I'm quite curious on how new versions interact with other OS's on the same computer (e.g. on a dual-boot system with Linux).
But I don't have a DVD-rom or the $100+ to subscribe to MSDN to get a legal copy. 8^/
I saw that on digg.com
I don't think I have the 3d graphics power to pull it off smoothly. But I am going to download it to try.
I didn't see all the effects that the Demo ( Shadow Ace pointed to ) showed but perhaps I didn't know how to activate them....may go back and take a look at it again.
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