Windows 7 beta ‘postponed’
p2pnet news view | Advertising:- “Due to very heavy traffic we’re seeing as a result of interest in the Windows 7 Beta, we are adding some additional infrastructure support to the Microsoft.com properties before we post the public beta,” says Microsoft guy Brandon LeBlanc.
The post is slugged ‘Update on Windows 7 Beta Availability’.
Why do we need an update, Brandon? Hadn’t your bosses already promised yesterday would be the day for W7B2?
But Microsoft is going to be late.
As usual.
No public release of Microsoft’s Windows 7 beta.
:sigh:
The first release of MW7B was, of course, on the p2p networks.
Come to think of it, that was public.
But it wasn’t official.
Now we’ll just have to wait for W7B2, complete with “killer things“.
But what else is new?
Here’s what Microsoft does:
It makes promises about when its latest product will be released and once it’s wrung them dry, comes up with some lame excuse or another as to why it can’t, after all, release it, whatever it is.
It keeps the game up for months or years and when it does finally let the thing, whatever it is, go, it’s awkward, buggy, full of holes and were it not for the fact it’s pre-loaded (pre-sold), it’d be a dud.
Can you say Vista?
Meanwhile, “Stay tuned!” – says Brandon excitedly, complete with exclamation mark.
“We are excited that you are excited!” – he says, complete with exclamation mark.
Wheeeeee! (Complete with exclamation mark. 
)
p2p networks – Windows 7 beta online, December 30, 2008
killer things – Windows 7 beta online – officially, this time, January 8, 2009
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January 10th, 2009 at 11:55 am
I’m sick of hearing that “the server was down due to excessive demand”. With torrents, the download performance simply gets better the more demand there is.
GET WITH IT MICROSOFT.
January 10th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Wheeeeeeeee !!!
hahahahah
January 10th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
*yawns* I’m about as excited over this as I was about Vista. For all the hubb bub, Vista was a dud. Looks like they winding up for a repeat and this point. Hype I pay very little attention to. It sure won’t push me to buy.
January 10th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
dasman, the keys are what people are hammering the servers for.
January 10th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
” Vista was a dud. Looks like they winding up for a repeat and this point. Hype I pay very little attention to. It sure won’t push me to buy. ”
They know this.
It’s no accident that Vista is forced on the buyer of a new machine.
Given a choice, most would pass on vista.
There isn’t likely to be much of choice when it comes to this ‘new’
product either.
January 10th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
I know many of you have had issues with the Windows 7 Beta site over the last 24 hours. As you may have noticed the download site has been up and running smoothly since this morning. That said, we apologize for the inconvenience that it caused some of you.
Due to an enormous surge in demand, the download experience was not ideal so we listened and took the necessary steps to ensure a good experience. We have clearly heard that many of you want to check out the Windows 7 Beta and, as a result, we have decided remove the initial 2.5 million limit on the public beta for the next two weeks (thru January 24th). During that time you will have access to the beta even if the download number exceeds the 2.5 million unit limit.
Thank you for your enthusiasm, interest and willingness to beta test. It has been great to see the positive early reviews and feedback. As you know, this is a beta product. We are working hard to get Windows 7 ready and right. Your input is a critical part of that process. Thank you!
January 10th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
You gotta be kidding me ?
Do they bother to even READ whats being said ?
January 10th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
@ Microsoft
And why not? If Apple can thieve free advertising on p2pnet, why shouldn’t you people over at Microsloth?
http://www.p2pnet.net/story/18078#comment-932786
It’s called comment spamming and I’m leaving it up only because I intend to do a post.
Cheap bastids.
Cheers!
January 11th, 2009 at 12:24 am
@Dasman
Not exactly true,
When underbelly was released on BitTorrent it was popular and the first couple of days people couldnt get anything because SO MANY People where trying to download it(Crime Drama – Still illegal in Victoria I think but they are promoting the Second Season LOL dont ask me =P)
@Microsoft
Windows XP was good Why did you wreck it? *sigh*
Postponed just like the Australian Filtering LOL =P — Its a conspiracy!!! I tells ya!
Oh, Oh someones feeling anxious lol
January 11th, 2009 at 5:21 am
Why don’t they just use bittorrent, for it was designed to solve this very problem.
January 12th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Don’t bother tried it, its crap could’nt even get a stinking creative sound card going on it. Try again M$.
January 12th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
” Don’t bother tried it, its crap could’nt even get a stinking creative sound card going on it. Try again M$. ”
Creative soundcards don’t obey hardware based DRM locks.
Older video cards are the same way.
They don’t WANT you to be able to run hardware that can’t be shackled.
trust me, the problem IS deliberate.