Bevy of Microsoft Betas at WinHEC

摘要

Microsoft pulled off what might be the software development world's equivalent of horse racing's exotic trifecta last week, releasing beta versions of three major products simultaneously at the its annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC). After serial delays that have pushed back updates to Windows, Windows Server, and Microsoft Office, the software maker on Tuesday finally pushed Windows Vista client Beta 2 and the first beta releases of Office 2007 and the Windows Longhorn Server operating system out the door, while announcing plans in areas as diverse as virtualization and low-cost computing.