Windows Vista RC2 Available

GarstMan writes to mention that Microsoft has released what it hopes will be the last version of Windows Vista to go through the testing process. From the article: "This new build of Windows Vista offers users a higher level of performance and stability - improving what was established in Windows Vista RC1. We were able to also fix many of your bugs reported from RC1 and implement them for RC2. Thank you to our beta testers for the bugs and feedback you submitted for RC1. The improvement shows as we raised our quality bar even higher! Platforms and Services Co-President Jim Allchin has just posted a special announcement letter of RC2 to Microsoft Connect for the Windows Vista Technical Beta Testers."

Comments

Raised the bar?

[NaCh0]

Higher than what?

Re:Waste of Time

[Overly Critical Guy]

It is not necessary; it's just evil.

Yes, it is necessary, or else everything would be pirated to hell and back. And using goofy, loaded words like "evil" just illustrates how juvenile Slashdot becomes when tackling the issue of creators' rights. Basically, you guys want to stack everything in favor of the pirates and against the creators.

Besides, the GPL is essentially a form of DRM (digital rights management).

Re:Link to ISO

[davidsyes]

Gotta be one BIG ASSED patch...

I saw a co-worker using it. I wasn't very impressed. I told him about KDE (in generalizations) having up to 16 virtual desktops, the ability to Ctrl+Alt+Tab out to a console, the ability to do other things, and told another co-worker how one can double-click on Konqueror's title bar and how she could shade/scroll up, Alt+Right+Click mouse-drag to resize an app in the event one has shaky hands....

My team mate's main comment about vista was, "Man, I bet Apple's gonna be piss about this..." (the Apple-like widgets and dials on the screen). To which I responded, "And this from the company that claims it INNOVATES. Hell, they copy what they cannot think up and buy what they cannot create. That's innovation for you..."

Now, he's looking forward to us spending time outside of IT-related tasks to installing various Linux distros on systems so he can broaden his scope outside of windoze...

Nothing like viral marketing. I even showed a Dell tech rep today my Linux Format and Linux User mags, and HE was surprised to see Compiz and other 3D GUI features LINUX is alREADY deploying ahead of vista... It seems he, too, is going to spend time checking out Linux.... Nothing like viral marketing...

DS