Based on the recent discussion wrt the release schedule I think the consensus 
is that we should move ahead and try to stick with the current schedule. That 
said, I think stability is very important and I will not hesitate to add 
delays in order to get the stability where we want it to be. For the upcoming 
beta that means that the goal is to get user-feedback about unknown problems 
and to release the beta with a minimum of (major) known defects.

Cheers,
Waldo
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Microsoft now too has added ideological statements to its EULA.