According to foreign media reports, Microsoft said on Wednesday that it will launch the latest Community Technology Preview (CTP) for the next-generation operating system Windows Vista (Vista ), it also indicates that Vista can adapt to various user needs while providing consumer entertainment functions.
Previously, it was speculated that Vista will mainly meet the needs of individual consumers. Brad Goldberg, general manager of Microsoft Windows customer product management, retorted this view: "Vista also has enough Enterprise Edition features ." He added that vista would reduce the number of machine restarts and enhance management functions, helping enterprise users Reduce PC maintenance costs.
Microsoft has developed a vista release plan. The beta version for consumers will be available in the next quarter. The official version will be available in the second half of this year. "The release time of the official Vista version will depend on the gradual improvement of product quality," Goldberg said ." Microsoft launched the CTP test version in last September and 10, but in November, it gave up its monthly plan to upgrade the CTP version. The previous version was released in last December.
Jim Allchin, head of Microsoft Windows, said last month that more than two major CTP versions will be available, but not only one beta 2. Microsoft once said on the company's webpage that Vista will launch six major versions and add two European market versions that do not contain windows media players to meet the anti-monopoly regulations that have been passed by the EU. A Microsoft representative said: "There is a lot of speculation about the Vista version. We will soon announce this information ."
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