Comments on: The State of Microsoft Beta Programs http://www.chris123nt.com/2009/07/20/the-state-of-microsoft-beta-programs/ my repository for rants, raves, and information Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:49:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Alexis Witterstauter http://www.chris123nt.com/2009/07/20/the-state-of-microsoft-beta-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-11887 Alexis Witterstauter Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:11:37 +0000 http://www.chris123nt.com/?p=467#comment-11887 hm, understand:) hm, understand:)

]]> By: Tony http://www.chris123nt.com/2009/07/20/the-state-of-microsoft-beta-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-11433 Tony Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:19:24 +0000 http://www.chris123nt.com/?p=467#comment-11433 I almost totally agree - I am a Connect tester and have been since Whistler days - I will go out on a limb here and say after the first few months of only getting a single build - I ventured into the "torrent"ial rain to get some "refreshes" and the differnces were vast - as stable and robust as 7 is - those leaking builds could have made a huge difference in what we will only find out now when the public gets it. I am sure SP1 will be following close behind the Oct 22nd public release just for lack of complete testing of the builds by a broader audience. I almost totally agree – I am a Connect tester and have been since Whistler days – I will go out on a limb here and say after the first few months of only getting a single build – I ventured into the “torrent”ial rain to get some “refreshes” and the differnces were vast – as stable and robust as 7 is – those leaking builds could have made a huge difference in what we will only find out now when the public gets it.

I am sure SP1 will be following close behind the Oct 22nd public release just for lack of complete testing of the builds by a broader audience.

]]> By: Win7Nightmares http://www.chris123nt.com/2009/07/20/the-state-of-microsoft-beta-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-11429 Win7Nightmares Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:39:55 +0000 http://www.chris123nt.com/?p=467#comment-11429 Chis, I doubt that you'll see any comments here from progrm manager, since they don't even comment to the technical beta testers. I'm betting that there is already a group of Test Pilots for Office 2010 that, as we s[eak, is suggesting that the ribbon now appear on the left side of the screen rather than the top, instead of fixing showsuopper bugs. Chis, I doubt that you’ll see any comments here from progrm manager, since they don’t even comment to the technical beta testers. I’m betting that there is already a group of Test Pilots for Office 2010 that, as we s[eak, is suggesting that the ribbon now appear on the left side of the screen rather than the top, instead of fixing showsuopper bugs.

]]> By: Sander Berkouwer http://www.chris123nt.com/2009/07/20/the-state-of-microsoft-beta-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-11426 Sander Berkouwer Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:41:53 +0000 http://www.chris123nt.com/?p=467#comment-11426 It certainly seems like a shift, but perhaps not a shift towards less build drops, but a shift to more targeted build drops. Windows 7 TAP partners and their customers (some of them enterprise-class, others midmarket-sized customers) received build drops more frequently. Perhaps Microsoft is targeting corporate customers (a small group of intense testers in everyday situations where productivity counts) at the expense of enthusiast prosumers. (a larger group of testers) Previous beta program results might have warranted a choice like that. It certainly seems like a shift, but perhaps not a shift towards less build drops, but a shift to more targeted build drops.

Windows 7 TAP partners and their customers (some of them enterprise-class, others midmarket-sized customers) received build drops more frequently. Perhaps Microsoft is targeting corporate customers (a small group of intense testers in everyday situations where productivity counts) at the expense of enthusiast prosumers. (a larger group of testers) Previous beta program results might have warranted a choice like that.

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