Microsoft Hopes To Complete Windows 7 By August

by admin May 12, 2009 at 7:24 pm

Officials at the software maker say release to manufacturing could be just three months away.

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) disclosed more details on its timetable for finishing up work on the Windows 7 operating system. An official at the software maker said the company hopes to release the OS to its manufacturing division by about mid-August.

“We expect to hit RTM in about 3 months or so,” said Brandon LeBlanc, Microsoft’s in-house Windows blogger, in a post Monday. LeBlanc said a mid-August release to manufacturing (RTM) would be contingent on Microsoft receiving feedback from Windows 7 Release Candidate users that “meets our expectations in terms of quality.”

Read more: informationweek.com