Comments on: Windows L8? http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2011/11/17/windows-l8/ Where media and technology meet Sat, 18 May 2013 00:13:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: adraskovic http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2011/11/17/windows-l8/comment-page-1/#comment-390970 adraskovic Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:59:22 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/?p=31579#comment-390970 I stongly beleive in few things: - First public beta will come in January 2012, probably during 2012 CES. - Public beta means a that a feature set is closed. Work after that is a bugfixing and code optimisation - RTM / OEM is end of August 2012 - Global availability is therefore October 2012 - First devices are on shelves / at provider in November 2012 So, I strongly beleive thatn Microsoft won't miss a holiday season - it would represent a significant profit loss. Of course, Microsoft is always silent and very careful about release dates but look at the last 3 Windows versions - see a pattern? :) Aleks I stongly beleive in few things:
- First public beta will come in January 2012, probably during 2012 CES.
- Public beta means a that a feature set is closed. Work after that is a bugfixing and code optimisation
- RTM / OEM is end of August 2012
- Global availability is therefore October 2012
- First devices are on shelves / at provider in November 2012

So, I strongly beleive thatn Microsoft won’t miss a holiday season – it would represent a significant profit loss. Of course, Microsoft is always silent and very careful about release dates but look at the last 3 Windows versions – see a pattern? :)

Aleks

]]> By: VictorV http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2011/11/17/windows-l8/comment-page-1/#comment-390948 VictorV Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:20:45 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/?p=31579#comment-390948 From what is known so far they are following the Windows 7 Model and are expected to release official beta in January. I think this will settle the rumors, if beta is released then we can surely expect Windows 8 to ship for 2012 holiday season. Any speculation before January really does seem premature. With that stated this post was pointless. From what is known so far they are following the Windows 7 Model and are expected to release official beta in January. I think this will settle the rumors, if beta is released then we can surely expect Windows 8 to ship for 2012 holiday season.

Any speculation before January really does seem premature. With that stated this post was pointless.

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