Doing the right thing
In the case of a release like this, the right thing is to pull it and put it in a "brown bag".
Opening beta releases to wider groups makes sense as it means more hardware / software / network combinations than you can manage inhouse. It works best with as much automated reporting as possible and requires testers to be aware that their settings and contents might get trashed: definitly opt-in only.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
