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Microsoft: Windows 8 To RTM In August

Posted by samzenpus on from the here-it-comes dept.

nk497 writes "Microsoft has confirmed Windows 8 will RTM the first week of August, with general availability in late October. Steve Ballmer suggested Microsoft expected Surface to sell "millions" of the 375m Windows 8 PCs expected to sell in the next year — spending much of the keynote talking about partners' devices. From the article: 'Tami Reller, chief financial officer and chief marketing officer of the Windows and Windows Live division, confirmed the release date at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto today, as she showed off a host of Windows 8 devices created by the software giant's manufacturing partners.'"

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  1. August by David89 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The beginning. The year of the Linux desktop. Not

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  2. What has happened to my beloved English? by aglider · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Since when "RTM" has become a verb?
    Was it that difficult to write " Windows 8 will be Ready To Market the first week of August"? Or even "Windows 8 will be RTM the first week of August"?
    But, yeah! "To RTM" sounds much more ... techie!

    Please, mod this down to "-1: Offtopic" and not "-1 Off topic".

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  3. Re:"showed off a host of Windows 8 devices" by Tough+Love · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Is Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer really America’s worst CEO?

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