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News from TheRegister.com in the UK is that Microsoft is having trouble with the Windows 7 beta:

Microsoft has postponed broad availability of the first Windows 7 beta in order to keep up with anticipated download demand.
According to reports from across the web, both the Windows 7 download page and Microsoft.com were intermittently unreachable earlier today as would-be downloaders angled for position. A Microsoft spokeswoman has confirmed that the sites saw unusually heavy traffic this morning.
Chief executive Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday that the beta build 7000 would be made available to the public today, Friday. The build was released to subscribers on the company's MSDN and TechNet sites on Wednesday.
Microsoft said Friday afternoon, though, that it's adding additional infrastructure - likely meaning servers - to Microsoft.com before it posts the beta. "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 we post the public beta," a spokeswoman told us.
The Microsoft Windows blog said it's adding additional infrastructure to "ensure customers have the best possible experience when downloading the beta".
At the time of writing, there was no word from Microsoft on when the beta code would be made available.

Rico says he doesn't miss it a bit, though he's sure there are people (the benighted fools) who do...