IE8 'release to manufacturing' coming mid-March
InternetNews | at | by Mike
Reports are again circling once again around a crucial Microsoft product delivery milestone that, if accurate, signals the imminent arrival of Internet Explorer 8.
Malaysian tech enthusiast site TechArp is reporting Thursday that Microsoft plans to release Internet Explorer 8 to manufacturing the week of March 16. In Microsoft parlance, "release to manufacturing," or RTM, is the final step before a product actually ships.
With the latest version of its browser, Microsoft is aiming to try to retake some of the market share IE has lost in the past three years, since Mozilla Firefox and other competitive browsers have been challenging its dominance. It also tries to satisfy the European Commission by defaulting to using Web standards, thus making it easier for other browser makers to compete.