Windows Vista Beta 2 Plagued by Bugs

I have been testing Microsoft operating systems since Windows 95, and this is the buggiest OS I’ve seen this late in development,” says Joe Wilcox, an analyst with Jupiter Research. “Look at the older operating systems, and by Beta 2 there is a stable foundation on which the [independent software vendors] can build. Right now, Vista is like a ship on stormy seas.

How true this is. I’m trying not to be a pessimist here, but it’s going to be difficult for Microsoft to clean up half the residing bugs prior to launch. Here’s hoping.