Windows Vista Beta 1 on MSDN next week ?

Paul Thurrott is sure about that:

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As I first reported two weeks ago, Microsoft has planned for weeks to finalize Windows Vista Beta 1 on July 27 (see URL below). Well, they're about to do it: On Wednesday, Windows Vista build 5112 will be declared as Windows Vista Beta 1. Microsoft still plans to ship Beta 1 to testers and MSDN and TechNet subscribers by August 3, as announced last week. Microsoft is also expected to soon ship the first public beta of Internet Explorer (IE) 7.

As previously reported here in WinInfo, Microsoft planned to ship Beta 1 only after it achieved the "0 active bug" designation for the product. Last Friday, July 22, 2005, the company finally reached that milestone. "We're at 0 active Beta1 bugs older than 24 hours and are looking good to hit 7/27 for Beta1 release," an internal email reads. "We are now in real time triaging mode for the milestone." That triaging continued over the weekend and through early Tuesday. Microsoft internal documentation also notes that the company has switched solely to DVD media for disc-based distribution of Windows Vista builds.

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