All the security warnings, etc being reported giving the overall impression that IE is not secure. So early release to beta to perhaps counter the reports/comments ‘we are doing something about it.’ Not to mention try to stem the flow to firefox and other browsers.

There is a big PR push to promote the beta of IE7 by MS right now and there is still 5 months or so (summer is really undefined) until it is released to beta.

I though it was clear.