Re: Is RC1 out? 5487 Released to TAP Testers*

The date for 5487 may have been removed from the Wikipedia page--(MSFT gets
a real tight sphincter on that information being released). I guess
because they know they have never been as secretive as Jobs and Apple, and
have Mac Jobs envy and maybe another type of envy that has become a
household word.

Since they are becoming less and less transparent and more secretive and
disseminating information about a year later than they should on Vista,
maybe MSFT has little elves from Nancy Anderson's office (Deputy General
Counsel) forcing people to take references down--the way they made Chris
Perillo take his torrent page down when all he was doing was facilitating
download speed with Beta 2.

What hasn't happened is that the TAP testers who installed 5487 on their
boxes on August 2 have not removed it, nor have they opted out of this phase
of the TAP program. The one I was with today hasn't--he's having a good time
testing.

Why are they busting their ass to keep when these builds drop a secret?
They never succeed and frankly, who gives a shit whether people know which
acronym has the build. Why the house mommy warning people "boy if you let
the unwashed pheasants know all you Beta babies who are whining are getting
another build tonite, I'll whack you off the Beta and you'll never ever see
the light of a Beta.?" The same people that post are also invited to Redmond
to interview all the time.

One more sign of the times: hypocrisy breeding hypocrisy like bunnies in
heat.

CH

"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
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> The link from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista (which the OP
> gave) led to a date for RC1 "of August 2, 2006 +/-" in the sidebar
> (right), which has now been removed from the page. The reference to RC1
> led me to the blog I quoted from in my first reply.
>
> "Chad Harris" <RemoveHezbullahtotally@clearview.net> wrote in message
> news:uyDY5Y%23tGHA.3264@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>I believe the correct information on this subject (I don't know what
>>Wikipedia says about it but it's not a bad article on Vista) and I don't
>>see any precise info here on the subject the OP used to start the thread
>>thread, is that Build 5487 has been released to TAP testers, but not to
>>TBTs on Connect yet. (No, I don't have a TAP agreement).
>>
>>
>> Microsoft has released another build to TAP. The Build is 5487 and the
>> exact build string is Build 5487.winmain.060726-1810.Some Details about
>> this build are as follows :-
>> vista_5487.0.060726-1810_winmain_x86fre_client-LB2CFRE_EN_DVD.iso
>> (2,690.42 MB)
>> vista_5487.0.060726-1810_winmain_x64fre_client-LB2CxFRE_EN_DVD.iso
>> (3,668.37
>>
>>
>> Screenshots 5487
>> http://www.winfuture.de/index.php?pa...d=1929&seite=1
>>
>> Typical TAP Setups
>>
>> http://www.qtsnet.com/stayinformed/l3_stay_pr68.htm
>>
>> http://www.utexas.edu/its/news/062006/vistaphase2.html
>>
>>
>> CH
>>
>>
>> "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:ORDrCO8tGHA.1512@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>> No, it doesn't say that RC1 is out. The article is provided by an
>>> individual and subject to corrections and clarifications, as are all
>>> Wikipedia articles. Please note the "+/-" after the date given. That
>>> means "more or less." In other words, someone's estimate. Obviously it
>>> fell short. If you follow the links it takes you to the Vista Team Blog
>>> which only says, "And before anyone asks the question, yes, you can
>>> expect us to deliver RC1 later this quarter "
>>>
>>> The quarter ends on Sept. 30.
>>>
>>> "M@dhat3rr" <Mdhat3rr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:9EA775D2-F451-46A1-BB27-25DF6B36729E@microsoft.com...
>>>> Over at wikipedia.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista it
>>>> says that
>>>> build 5487 RC1 was release August 2nd. Would any msdn members, who have
>>>> 5487,
>>>> let us know their opinion?
>>>
>>>

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