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Windows 7 To Skip Straight To a Release Candidate

Posted by Soulskill on from the iteration-is-for-wimps dept.

b8fait writes "The head of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows development confirmed that Windows 7 will take the unusual path of moving straight from a single beta, which was launched earlier this month, to a release candidate. Sinofsky fleshed out the plan today and hinted that just as there would be no Beta 2, the company would also not provide a RC2 build. In other words, there may be only one released build of Windows 7 before it ships, possibly much sooner than even some of the most aggressive rumors about Windows 7. How much different can Windows 7 really be with such a shortened beta cycle?"

7 of 856 comments (clear)

  1. Re:One thing I wish they'd fucking fix by Bearhouse · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Mod funny someone, please.

  2. one-upmanship by fuego451 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I rewrote uname to say I'm running 'Debian Z-XLT-SS-9000'.

  3. Oh Mojave! by KarlMartel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh Mojave! Oh Mojave! Common sing it peoples!

  4. Feeding the troll by qwertyatwork · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Very obvious that you are not a mac tech, also very obvious you have never used a mac before.

  5. Re:This seems abrupt by taoye · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And your mom is resting on, uh... nevermind.

  6. Re:This seems abrupt by Hes+Nikke · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    GENERATION 24: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social exper

    Interesting... we both are on generation 24... i haven't seen anyone else participating in a while... i don't even remember where i saw generation 23...

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  7. Re: Those Generation Sigs by TaoPhoenix · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Let's do a search.

    Gen23 ... BooMansion, Deviantart, XKCD forums

    Gen22 ... Cockrockdisco, Futurama forums

    Gen21 ... Allspark.com, aetolia.com, mathlinks.ro

    Gen20 ... Bodymod.org, Newgrounds

    Gen19 ... hardforum.com, giantitp.com, bzpower.com

    Gen18 ... giantitp and xkcd again

    Gen17 ... warseer.com, myth-weavers.com

    Gen16 ... mtgsalvation.com, gleemax

    Gen15 ... giantitp

    Gen14 ... intpcentral.com

    Gen13 ... scorehero.com

    Gen12 ... plusnetwork.it, pitsofevil.com, realmsofevil.org, 67.15.245.21

    Or such.

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