ZDNet: Quality is what you've talked about as the main consideration. You've been through a fair number of these launches--where are things at from a quality perspective?

Allchin : Much higher. I mean, if I look at this beta release, I would say there are some scenarios that will have issues, and there will be some (application compatibility issues), but if I look at the core code quality, it's much higher. Now it's a question of--it's a lot to work on still, in terms of performance and app compat (application compatibility), and make sure we have the right device driver coverage, and it's just: Find the issue, fix it; find the issue, fix it; and just as fast as we can. So in terms of the raw security, safety and performance, and that sort of stuff, it's coming together OK.

- Jim Allchin (em entrevista para a ZDNet)

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pv: Gostei da parte "Find the issue, fix it; find the issue, fix it; and just as fast as we can". Considerando que começou nesta semana a distribuição do Beta 2, Jim ainda terá muito "find/fix" pela frente. Deve ter gente lá dentro torcendo para a Symantec ganhar uns rounds na justiça, adiando um pouco mais o lançamento do Vista. Mas acho que desta vez o bichinho sai. Na marra, mas sai. Com alguns "find/fix" a serem fixados em SPs futuros.