Microsoft houdt nog steeds vast aan een release van Windows XP in de tweede helft van 2001. Naar alle waarschijnlijkheid kun je Windows XP in oktober op de schappen vinden. Release Candidate 2 staat voor begin juli gepland welke eind juli wordt opgevolgd door de Release to Manufacturing versie. Microsoft zelf geeft echter nog geen exacte datum en geeft aan het product op de markt te zetten wanneer deze daar geschikt voor is:
Internal schedules and reports from a variety of sources are now placing the retail availability of Windows XP in October, causing some analysts and pundits to claim that Microsoft has delayed its latest operating system. But Microsoft has denied these claims, stating that a firm release date had never been announced. "What we have said is that quality is the number one driver for the delivery of Windows XP," a Microsoft spokesperson said late Friday. "Nothing has changed from our standpoint of a release in the second half of 2001."
[..] So you're going to be hearing a lot this week about Windows XP delays. Don't believe a word of it. Internal schedules will continue to be adjusted, as they always are. Industry wags will get quoted, and those publications that rely on controversy will publish their Chicken Little stories of the week. But none of this changes one simple fact: Windows XP will ship in the second half of this year. That has never changed.
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