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Intel CEO Tells Staff Windows 8 Is Being Released Prematurely

Posted by Unknown on from the release-early-release-often dept.

An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from Geek.com: "Intel CEO Paul Otellini may be getting an angry phone call from Steve Ballmer today after it was revealed he told staff in Taiwan Windows 8 isn't ready for release. Otellini's comments were made at an internal meeting in Taipai, and he must have naively thought they would never become public knowledge. We don't know if he went into detail about what exactly is unfinished about Windows 8, but others have commented about a lack of reliable driver support and supporting applications. For many who have picked up previous versions of the Windows desktop OS early, this probably isn't coming as a surprise."

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  1. Re:Been testing Windows 8 by Seumas · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes, but have you used it on a computer?

  2. Driver support by Murdoch5 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Has windows ever been released with full driver support? Windows 7 still has driver issues, XP had driver issues for years etc.... I'm not sure what his point was if he mentioned driver support.