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MS: Beta Software Good Enough for Production Use

Posted by timothy on from the not-like-they-indemnify-you-for-damages-anyhow dept.

RMX writes "CNet is reporting that Microsoft is starting to license test software for real-world use . In particular, Visual Studio 2005 and the April "community technology preview" of SQL Server 2005 are both supposed to be released sometime in the second half of the year. But Microsoft is claiming the pre-release versions are stable already, so they're licensing the pre-released versions on the grounds that they 'are already suitable for running production business applications.'"

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  1. Re:Accountability by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Ya there weren't any worms or anything that took advantage of dumb programming errors in XP at all. Luckily that lack of security problems meant no patches had to be created that screwed up people's commputers. Phew.