Windows Seven Beta 1 for the month of December
Hi,
According to Mary-Jo Foley, the publisher should have completed the
first beta version of Windows 7 from the month of December. The final
version for client is planned for late 2009 - no later than January
2010.
A limited group of testers already has access to a
first version of windows 7: there are two versions M (milestone), thus
named "Build M1 and M2." The M3 should follow in the coming days.
Before submitting its Beta 1, Microsoft will offer these testers a "Community Technology Preview (CTP) Build this fall.
The development of new OS is therefore much faster than Vista.
As Bill Gates said: "The technological breakthrough between 7 and
Windows Vista will be less important as Vista and Windows XP, Windows
will turn 7 with PC 2008." We will take into account the installed base
rather than 'anticipate the evolution of components as we did with
Vista. "
