The Industry Standard - IE 8 Beta 2 out by September 2008 - Comments

It's

Abner Germanow — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:17:55 -0700

It's up:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/default.mspx

It's

Bradley Baker — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:35:44 -0700

It's out.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/beta/

Microsoft has 4 more days.

Eric Hill812251 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:53:11 -0700

Microsoft has 4 more days. Boy - a lot of people banking on this one. This is getting interesting. I believe this is the place to watch to see if it updates in time.

I'm already well into a

John Curran — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:35:42 -0700

I'm already well into a position against this happening. The odds are just too good given any software company's track record, let alone Microsoft's...

Actually, it was planned for

David Kuan — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:58:31 -0700

Actually, it was planned for March.. then moved to August. Now there is action on preparing for the release. Care to bet against?

To be clear, that says

John Curran — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:12:10 -0700

To be clear, that says August 28 is the *planned* date (and it always has been planned before the end of August...)

August 28 is the date (see

David Kuan — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:04:00 -0700

August 28 is the date (see http://news.softpedia.com/news/IE8-Beta-2-Drops-by-August-28-IE8-Final-i... and http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1543)

IE 8 Beta 2 out by September 2008

Bradley Baker — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:45:50 -0700

Judgment on August 27, 2008: IE 8 Beta 2 is now available. Judged at 100%.
-- The Industry Standard

Microsoft and timetables haven't always been the best pairing in the world.

In an industry where sliding schedules are common, Microsoft is far from the least offender. Bill Gates himself has announced that IE 8 will have a Beta 2 release by the end of August.

This is a prediction that Microsoft will meet or beat that self-assigned deadline and will publicly release IE 8 beta 2 on or before August 31st, 2008.

Betting will close either when the beta is released or on August 27th, whichever occurs first. Judgment will be made on September 1, 2008.