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Microsoft to delay Windows 7 beta release
TG Daily - All News —
... Microsofts download servers as soon as the download was made available and Microsoft has never been able to get the download back up again on Friday. In a mid-Friday blog post, the company announced that the release of the public would be delayed until more server capacity is available. However, there is a direct download link that still works. Due to very heavy traffic were seeing as a result of interest in the Windows 7 beta, we are adding some additional infrastructure support to the Microsoft.com properties before we post the public beta, Microsofts Brandon LeBlanc ...
Microsoft servers not up to Windows 7 beta demand
Obsessable News Feed —
... it tried to make available earlier today, at first only offering a short message that the download would be coming soon. The company's now announced in a blog posting that the extremely heavy traffic from users excited to get their hands on the new OS proved just too much for the network hosting the files. Rather than have people sit through long downloads at low speeds, the company elected to pull the plug on the program until it can beef up the infrastructure hosting the download. With Microsoft and its vast resources, we don't expect that will take long at all. ...
Windows 7 beta: So near, and yet so far . . .
TechBlog —
... . In theory, you could find out what's going on by reading a post at the Microsoft Windows Team Blog, but, well, that's overwhelmed too . Here's what I got when I tried to access the blog's RSS feed: Fried says she was told the beta might be up later today, after Microsoft finds the bandwidth to serve it up. Meanwhile, there may be a direct link, ...
Microsoft's servers overloaded by interest in Windows 7
The Microsoft Blog —
... were overloaded Friday afternoon, as thousands tried to download the beta version of Microsoft's forthcoming operating system, Windows 7. In an interview, Mike Nash, the corporate vice president of Windows Product Management, who said he used to run Microsoft.com, said it was sometimes difficult to predict the expected load. "The fact we're seeing such enthusiasm, that's just wow," he said. Microsoft said it was adding "infrastructure" to support the interest. On the Windows Team blog , the team wrote: Due to very heavy traffic we're seeing as a result of interest in the ...
Windows 7 Beta interest overwhelms Microsoft servers; my friend says its worth it
The Seattle Times: Microsoft Pri0 —
... as interest exceeded the infrastructure Microsoft had put in place to pass out the bits. In fact, even the company's official blog posts on the situation are crawling as of 3:27 p.m. The company is putting more servers online to accommodate the intense demand. And, according to one IT pro friend of mine, it's justified. ...
Windows 7 Beta General Availability Delayed
Technologizer —
... is delayed until tomorrow. Windows team blogger Brandon LeBlanc has announced that Windows 7 is such a hot commodity that the company has to shore up its server infrastructure to meet the demand. Developers who have MSDN or TechNet subscriptions can download Windows 7 Beta today; it will (in theory) become generally available tomorrow at 12 PM PT. ...
Microsoft Delays Windows 7 Public Beta - BitTorrent, Anyone?
AppScout —
Microsoft has delayed the Windows 7 public beta, due to traffic issues on the Microsoft Web site, according to a Friday afternoon post on the Windows Team blog. ...
Windows 7 Beta Rollout Fails Without BitTorrent
TorrentFreak —
... With an official Windows 7 torrent, Microsoft would not have had problems at all. In fact, BitTorrent would have helped to get the Beta out faster than Microsoft servers are technically capable of. ...
Microsoft pauses Windows 7 public beta due to overwhelming demand
SuperSite Blog —
Anyone who thought that the Windows era was on the way out obviously didn’t see Windows 7 coming: Due to overwhelming demand for the public beta version, which was originally released Friday as a Web download, Microsoft has had to retrench and add capacity. Until that happens, the download is offline for a bit. Here’s the word from the Windows Team Blog: Due to very heavy traffic we’re seeing as a result of interest in the Windows 7 Beta, we are adding some additional infrastructure support to the Microsoft.com properties before ...
Microsoft poised to make a Windows 7-fueled comeback
Boy Genius Report —
... Microsoft and Mickey Rourke have more in common than you might think. Both went from being desirable to being painfully tolerated in an instant and both are now poised to make huge comeback. At this point we’re even giving slightly better odds to Windows 7 over The Wrestler, following the massive demand for Microsoft’s first publicly available 7 beta. Oh, and Windows install discs are made of plastic, just like Rourke. As ...
Microsoft's Fear Of BitTorrent
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... a public beta of Windows 7 on Friday. This should be cause for great rejoicing, but somehow Microsoft managed to take the genuine excitement around this public unveiling and turn it into a sour experience. Microsoft initially said it would only make the beta available for only 2.5 million downloads. This caused a predictable rush to download the files and brought the Microsoft servers to their knees. On Friday afternoon, it was nearly impossible to get to the download site or even to the ...
