Tech: Microsoft’s Windows 7 Beta saga goes on
- Want the beta? Now’s the time. Microsoft formally apologized for the delays in getting the software released to customers in a smooth fashion. They will let an unlimited number of people download the Vista-killer in the next couple of weeks. The MS Web site has been incredibly slow since the Beta’s launch and the company was initially afraid it couldn’t handle the load. source
- Want the beta? Now’s the time. Microsoft formally apologized for the delays in getting the software released to customers in a smooth fashion. They will let an unlimited number of people download the Vista-killer in the next couple of weeks. The MS Web site has been incredibly slow since the Beta’s launch and the company was initially afraid it couldn’t handle the load.
- This poor man has to do PR magic Brandon LeBlanc, a Windows communications manager, tried calming down the masses: “I know many of you had issues with the Windows 7 beta site of the last 24 hours,” he said. “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.” source