Microsoft implores testers to jump on Vista RC1

Shaon published 03 Sep 2006, 12:58 in main - 169 views

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Microsoft Corp. is counting on its beta testers to be "aggressive" as they start working on Release Candidate 1 of Windows Vista in order for the company to make its ship dates, according to the executive overseeing the Vista project. Sven Hallauer, director of release management for Windows Vista, said a product team of 5,000 engineers is working as much as 70-hour weeks on Vista RC1 as it heads for shipment. RC1 is expected to ship early next month. A release candidate is code deemed good enough to ship but is put through a final round of testing.

During a podcast posted on the Windows Vista team blog, Hallauer said it is imperative that testers get to work immediately when RC1 is released and dedicate as much time as possible to testing and providing feedback back to Microsoft so it can meet its internal release dates. The company said Vista will ship in November.

"As soon as the build is out, download it, install it, test it, and file bugs," Hallauer said. "Time is of the essence. We have a feedback window of two to three weeks after RC1 release where we can really make changes to the product in terms of getting deeper into the product's code base. Thereafter, we become very, very constrained in terms of what we can change without resetting the clock and slipping the release."

News source: PC World

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