Are Windows 7 Testers Going Unheard?

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday February 26, 2009 @05:40AM from the just-make-it-faster-and-easier-please dept.

nandemoari writes "Windows 7 beta testers are disputing whether or not Microsoft is taking notice of their feedback. The dispute follows a blog post by Steven Sinofsky, the man in charge of engineering Windows 7. He notes that in one week in January Microsoft received data through Windows 7's automatic feedback system every 15 seconds. According to Sinofsky, it's impossible to keep everyone happy. That's partly because there are only so many changes Microsoft can make to the system and still finish it, and partly because in many cases testers often have opposing views about a feature."

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publicity stunt by pak9rabid · 2009-02-26 05:42 · Score: -1, Troll

The public beta was a publicity stunt...nothing more. Microsoft doesn't really care what a bunch of 'Joe plumbers' have to say about their OS. They have a QA department for that.
Re:Opposing views... by Dishevel · 2009-02-26 07:47 · Score: 0, Troll

If they are smart they will run Linux on those servers. :)

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Re:no shit? by AnalPerfume · 2009-02-26 08:19 · Score: 0, Troll

Of course they have more testers than coders, except Microsoft call their testers "customers".....or "shmucks".