The inexorable rise of the perpetual beta

"The inexorable rise of the perpetual beta"
How true. Mind you, I though the whole damn planet were beta testers for Microsoft alread....

As long as there's money to be made, I seriously doubt this will be the last Windows version. Sigh ... :-/

The next version is already under way.

Code name: Fiji...

Yeah, despite "formal version numbering", some products feel like they're of beta-quality. Broadly, it's still ongoing software development. I guess some could use buzzwords like "agile", but as long as improvements are being made and delivered in a comfortably stable manner... I'm looking forward to more progress!

The next version is already under way.
Code name: Fiji...

And after Fiji comes Viena...

Seems like Gartner was right, they're going modular: see here