Windows Update V3 Beta to close on June 30th
Posted by Steven Parker on 30 May 2002 - 23:14 · 10 comments & 420 views
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This confidential letter is to inform you that the Windows Update V3 Beta Program is ending and http://beta.windowsupdate.com site will be closed on June 30, 2002. We will have one more content refresh of the v3 site in June, and that will be the last refresh for the site.
It goes onto say that all testers are automatically moved over to the V4 beta test (currently only available to XP)By the end of June 2002, the current Windows Update live and beta sites (V4) will support Windows XP and Windows 2000. Very soon thereafter, these two sites will support Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me) platforms.
The Windows Update V3 Beta Program was established in 1998, and is one of the longest-running and most successful beta programs in Microsoft history. Some of you have been working with us for many years. You have been major contributors to the success of Windows Update - from content and site testing to the testing of various versions of Windows products. You have helped Microsoft in many ways and we value your contribution over the past four-plus years.
Although the Windows Update V3 beta program is ending, we hope you will continue to contribute to the success of future beta programs. Unless you request to be removed from the Windows Update beta program list, we will keep you on the active list. We have been moving all of you over to the V4 beta program for the past few months. As mentioned above, we currently do not support Windows 9x or Windows ME users on the Windows Update v4 beta site, but this will happen in the very near future. We hope you will continue to contribute to the success of the Beta program. Unless beta testers make a request to be removed from the Windows Update beta program list, we will keep you on the active list. We believe that quality, experienced beta testers such as you are valuable. We will continue to put out variations of Windows Update-related beta programs (short and long term programs), and we hope you will continue to help us to do beta testing.
We, the entire Windows Update team, thank you so very much! We wouldn’t have been successful without all of your help!
Thank you!
Windows Update Beta Site