Originally published August 2 2005
Microsoft Vista released as expected
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Microsoft's new beta program Vista has been released. Testers are not thrilled with the prospect of the program, saying it is unfinished and full of problems.
Microsoft has reached what it deems to be a significant milestone in the development of its next version of Windows--the first beta release--but partners are largely unimpressed with the unfinished code.
The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant announced on Wednesday the availability of the first official beta of its newly named Windows Vista, formerly code-named Longhorn.
It is the first major upgrade to the operating-system client since Windows XP shipped in October of 2001, aside from the security-focused Windows XP SP2 released last year.
Microsoft also announced an early beta of Windows server code that will be handed out to a small number of testers, as well as the availability of Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP Service Pack 2 for testing and evaluation through the Technical Beta Program and MSDN.
Executives from Microsoft acknowledged that the Windows Vista client beta 1 release is aimed primarily at developers and IT administrators and lacks many of the end-user features originally planned for the upgrade--most notably the WinFS file system, which won't be available until after Vista ships.
Beta 1 will incorporate much of the functionality of the Virtual Folder feature, which will allow end users to search and organize information more easily and stack results in graphical folders.
Partners are pleased that the company has released Windows Vista 1 after such a long wait but many said they will not heavily promote it to their clients until the actual release date draws closer and the feature list is complete.
"We'll put it into a test lab, but we're not talking to customers about it yet," said Stephen Moss, COO of NSPI, a Microsoft partner in Roswell, Ga.
"We're not comfortable talking about what, in fact, is still fiction."
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