In wake of RC1, Windows Vista details emerge
WinInfo | at | by Mike
On Tuesday, Microsoft finally announced its plans for shipping Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1) to over 5 million people around the world. But in various RC1-related briefings, the company also talked up some of its plans for the final version of Vista for the first time.
Though the company has not publicly committed to this date, Microsoft still plans to complete the final version of Windows Vista on or before October 25, 2006. The term "final," in this case, however, is a misnomer. Microsoft will certainly find issues with the so-called RTM (release to manufacturing) code between late October and the expected January public release, and will most certainly ship various hot-fixes and other updates for the system via Windows Update during that time.