"says exactly what I said"
Not at all.
By the definition you are using, just about all if not all software
from all sources, not just Microsoft, is Beta since it is all subject
to updates, patches etc.
Or are you saying all software is Beta?

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"occam" <occam@razor.dot.com> wrote in message
news:O1NEvNBMIHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> dzomlija, go to
> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/aug07/08-29vistasp1beta.mspx[/url]
> and read
>
> ----
> PressPass: Isn’t that a long time between Windows Vista RTM (or
> “gold code”) and the release of first service pack, at least
> compared with past versions of Windows?
>
> DeVaan: [blah, blah]
> In fact, the use of the term “gold code” is somewhat of an
> anachronism in an environment where we have product feedback
> mechanisms available to us that help us continuously identify and
> diagnose real-world software issues and the update mechanisms in
> place to regularly deliver fixes for those issues to hundreds of
> millions of customers. We think like most major software projects,
> WindowsVista was designed to improve continuously from the time it
> is purchased.
> ----
>
> The last sentence "We think like most major software projects,
> WindowsVista was designed to improve continuously from the time it
> is purchased." says exactly what I said - Vista is 'beta' ... until
> the release of Windows 7.[/color]