Microsoft expands XP SP3 testing
Microsoft said Monday that it has expanded its testing of Windows XP Service Pack 3, to include subscribers of its MSDN and TechNet programs. Last month, Microsoft made available a test version of XP Service Pack 3 to a group of about 15,000 testers.
The update is significant in that it is the largest change in some time to Microsoft's most-used operating system. However, the XP update is largely a collection of previously issued bug fixes and security updates.
A public beta is scheduled for some later date, with a goal of having it released in final form in the first half of next year. However, Microsoft cautioned that its "timing will always be based on customer feedback as a first priority."
Anticipation over the timing and features of the release has been going on for years. XP SP3 was initially expected as early as 2006, but was delayed as Vista work remained the priority for the Windows team. The first service pack for Windows Vista is also due out in the first half of next year.
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SP3? after they spent years working on VISTA? and we all know
what a disappointment that was...
You need some counseling man..
So if you can't complemet Microsoft on the achievement, at least thank the testers who risk data and taxes just to make sure the OS you may use has one less bug.
You will have to find someone new to hate.
http://www.os2world.com/petition
"MS has always been releasing SPs for old OS..."; also, "free" upgrade to an old OS might come strange to you..."; then, "Ever Onward IBM"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9oh3gqOEKU
And don't kid yourself - the one and only reason MSFT is bothering with a service pack (which is almost all bug-fixes, and very little in the way of new features) is because there are so many people who have seen Vista and decided to pass it up -- including (and especially) businesses.
If it weren't for the masses taking one look at Vista and saying "blecch" (or some variation thereof), XP SP3 wouldn't have even garnered a footnote in the tech press, much like Windows NT service packs 5 and 6 (followed quickly by SP 6a) got no splashy press.
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http://www.os2world.com/content/view/15847/1/
To retake its place in the banking industry to address "sub-prime crunch"!
http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/story/0,10801,83884,00.html
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/lotus/
:)
- "Dinosaur sightings: Lotus Symphony 3"!
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But for the trees and forest (Windows) that we cannot see the Dinosaur that is the new IBM Lotus Symphony.
http://www.news.com/2300-11386_3-6218615-1.html?tag=ss