Windows 7 To Skip Straight To a Release Candidate

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday January 31, 2009 @04:58AM 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?"

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Re:Release Candidate? by socsoc · 2009-01-31 05:07 · Score: 0, Troll

RC is simply a step closer to RTM than beta. Given Vista's tribulations, apparently nobody at MS cares about release quality.
Re:Not very by the.Ceph · 2009-01-31 06:16 · Score: 1, Troll

You also can't charge several hundred dollars for a service pack.
Tell that to Apple.
Re:This seems abrupt by dotancohen · 2009-01-31 08:14 · Score: 0, Troll

jerk

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Re:This seems abrupt by Mozk · 2009-01-31 22:40 · Score: 0, Troll

Yeah, and your mom is 100% visually indistinguishable from a pig!

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