"What began as a murmur a few months back is turning into an audible grumble as beta testers and experts question the stability of the latest Windows Vista beta and Microsoft itself hints at yet another release delay.
Testers and pundits alike say Vista Beta 2, released publicly in June, is plagued by bugs and blue screens. Some testers are saying a Beta 3 cycle, which is not currently planned, may be needed and that the software isn’t ready for final testing before shipment, which Microsoft calls a Release Candidate (RC1)."
“I have been testing Microsoft operating systems since Windows 95 and this is the buggiest OS I’ve seen this late in development,” says Joe Wilcox, an analyst with Jupiter Research. “Look at the older operating systems, and by Beta 2 there is a stable foundation on which the [independent software vendors] can build on. Right now, Vista is like a ship on stormy seas.”
“Put the testing aside, I can’t find a valid antivirus software that works with it,” says Michael Cherry, an analyst with research firm Directions on Microsoft. “That is a key application and runs at a core level. If the antivirus vendors, who work closely with Microsoft, can’t get Vista working then the core is not stable.”
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