Windows 8 to Arrive by Late October
Microsoft officials finally confirmed Windows 8 by late October
Tami Reller, corporate vice president of Windows, told partners attending Microsoft's worldwide partner conference in Toronto this morning that Windows 8 is on track to be released to manufacturing the first week of August, and to be generally available by late October 2012. This also means that Windows Server 2012 will be released to manufacturing by the first week of August.
Reller also said that business users will have access to the final Windows 8 bits "as early as the beginning of August." The October general availability date has been rumored for months. A late July RTM date for Windows 8 has been rumored for a while. Mary Jo Foley wouldn't be surprised, herself, to see the operating system be declared gold/RTM this month, in keeping with the Windows team's underpromise/overdeliver mantra. Reller also announced at the partner show that Microsoft has sold 630 million Windows 7 licenses to date, up from 600 million at the beginning of June.
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