Microsoft releases security-minded Windows code
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft on Monday released what it hopes is a nearly final test version of a security-oriented Windows upgrade. The delay raised questions about question whether Microsoft will be able to meet its latest timetable, which calls for the final product to be ready by July. The company has said it does not yet know whether a third release candidate will be needed before finalizing the code, a stage known as "released to manufacturing." The first release candidate version was offered in March.
"Windows XP SP2 is entering its final testing stages on its way toward a release this summer," a Microsoft representative wrote in an e-mail.