From InfoWorld: Windows 10 beta testers woke up this morning to a new notice on Insider Hub. As Windows 10 spokesman Gabe Aul warned yesterday, this announcement suggests that those who aren't up for an old-fashioned beta roller coaster ride would be better off in the slow lane.
For those who have been through beta testing cycles before, Aul's post earlier this week didn't offer much illumination -- it's primarily a summary of the trials and tribulations of running a beta, and deciding what to release and when. Fair enough. Those of us who remember getting Windows beta refresh diskettes every Friday in the mail can sympathize. Setting up milestone betas is not an easy task.
Microsoft has promised it would accelerate the pace of beta drops, but so far it's doing fine. By my reckoning, the first build, 9879, appeared on Nov. 12 and rolled out to the Slow lane on Nov 25. Build 9926 came out on Jan. 23, which is either 73 or 86 days later. Your calculator may be better than mine, but I think 73 days after Jan. 23 is April 6. So if Microsoft releases a beta sooner than April 6, it'll be accelerating the pace of beta drops.
Rumor has it that Microsoft has held off on distributing its latest beta candidate because of a serious, known bug. For new beta testers -- particularly those who (foolishly!) run the beta on production machines -- that may sound ominous. Experienced beta testers figure it comes with the territory. No pain, no gain. It's the way betas work.
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