Paul Thurrott van WinInfo heeft van zijn betrouwbare bronnen vernomen dat de release van Windows XP beta 2 twee weken vertraging heeft opgelopen. Pas op 14 maart zal Microsoft de nieuwe beta naar haar testers sturen, in plaats van 28 februari. Voor de uiteindelijke release date heeft dit gelukkig geen effect; in juni zal het OS de RTM (release to manufacturing) status bereiken waarna hij deze herfst in de schappen komt te liggen. Hieronder een hap uit het bericht:
I've now heard from two sources within Microsoft that the release of Windows XP ("Whistler" desktop versions) Beta 2 has slipped two weeks to mid-March. This corresponds with a story published Friday in Computer Reseller News (CRN), which reported that the company had internally warned its Windows XP team that the release had slipped. The delay, which will be used to shore up the quality of this last beta release, is not expected to impact the final release of the product.
[...] After the Beta 2 release, Windows XP hits the home stretch. Currently scheduled to hit its first release candidate build in April, Windows XP will then be released to manufacturing (RTM) in June for a Fall 2001 retail release; it's development has roughly mirrored that of Windows Me last year. "When we hit RC1," McDonald wrote to the Windows XP team, "we have a solid eight-week program to. The RC2 release is a short milestone where we can fix any final big things. These milestones are shorter than Windows 2000--in fact, more like the end game of Windows Me because of the similarities of the release. We need each team to sign in blood they will work to ship us in June."
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