Windows 8 release date leaked

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Release dates for Windows products appear to have been leaked. The dates were included in a chart that was drawn up by former Microsoft employee Chris Green and provide a roadmap draft for future Microsoft products, including "Office 2012," "Windows Server 2012" and "Windows 8."

The Microsoft Kitchen blog covered the leak blaming Green for leaving the useful information buried in something else. The future product names in Green's chart are followed by question marks. Green's MSDN blog includes a statement that the opinions in the blog "are not intended to represent my employer's view." Green apparently was trying to provide a helpful overview of mainstream support and extended support time periods for existing Microsoft products. However the future product dates, which no one knew stayed in the chart. If Green's is right, then below are the RTM dates for products that Microsoft has not yet announced:

"Windows 8" on July 1, 2011.
"Windows Server 2012" on July 2, 2012.
"Office 2012" on July 2, 2012.
"SQL Server 2011" on July 1, 2011.
"SharePoint Server 2013" on July 1, 2013.
"Exchange 2013" on July 1, 2013.
"OCS 2010" on Dec. 1, 2010.

What is interesting is that Microsoft appear to have bought the Windows 8 RTM date forward from its normal three-year interval between new operating system releases. But some of the RTM dates are accurate. Windows 7 had its RTM on July 22, 2009, which is one day off from the date listed in Green's chart.
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source :- http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/17437/1/
 
I remember reading an article some time ago saying that Microsoft was aiming in shortening the time between OS releases. Would be nice if we see Windows 8 in 2011. Anyway the release date for Windows 8 is irrelevant if we don't know what new stuff they are adding.

In addition focusing only on a 64-bit version of Windows 8 and later releases might reduce their developing time.
 
chaparral said:
Aiming to make loads more money by shortening the time between OS releases would sound more correct...:p
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As has been said before - nobody forces anyone to upgrade.
So "making loads more money" is the fault of the end user only.

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Very, very surprised if Windows 7 has less than a full 2yr run from full release to public.
 
stoofa said:
As has been said before - nobody forces anyone to upgrade.
So "making loads more money" is the fault of the end user only.

Edit:
Very, very surprised if Windows 7 has less than a full 2yr run from full release to public.
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But if you want Dx11 you'll have to upgrade, same with windows8 most probable be Dx12 and if you want that you'll have to upgrade again.;)
 
They're just getting back on track with their originally planned release schedules - XP -> Vista was just way over their usual timeframes due to the major back-end changes that were made.
 
mathwat said:
But if you want Dx11 you'll have to upgrade, same with windows8 most probable be Dx12 and if you want that you'll have to upgrade again.;)
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That's still your own choice though; if you want it, you'll upgrade. Transplanting new technologies into old software that everyone's already bought and paid for doesn't make good business sense.
 
An OS a year is not a good thing, especially at current prices. How much actual useful functionality can they seriously add in that timeframe?
 
wozencl said:
An OS a year is not a good thing, especially at current prices. How much actual useful functionality can they seriously add in that timeframe?
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Potentially some stuff they initially developed for Win 7 but decided to hold back to speed up the release of future versions?

There's no issue with them releasing a new OS every 2 years, for me at least. It's like hardware: 3D TV is starting to make a big impact a couple of years after every started buying 50" HD screens...doesn't mean that they will be forced to upgrade to 3D TV does it.

I'd always rather have the choice and say no, than have no choice at all.
 
If they were to lower the price or make it so every 2 eyars a new os but only every 4/6 is a "must have" upgrade so say.

Doesn't matter much - past windows releases show windows 8 to suck :p lol
 
Why do we need Windows 8? What revolutionary architecture change is going to prompt another release of Windows?

Why can't MS just get it right again like they did with XP, extended the support and development cycle to create a stable and well established OS?

With proper testing, patching and development Windows 7 could be that OS.
 
Robbie G said:
Potentially some stuff they initially developed for Win 7 but decided to hold back to speed up the release of future versions?

There's no issue with them releasing a new OS every 2 years, for me at least. It's like hardware: 3D TV is starting to make a big impact a couple of years after every started buying 50" HD screens...doesn't mean that they will be forced to upgrade to 3D TV does it.

I'd always rather have the choice and say no, than have no choice at all.
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I'm all for innovation and appreciate Microsoft may not have managed to include all the functionality that they had intended for Windows 7 (Wasn't a new file system being touted at one point?)

My concern is that they're going to make minor enchancements and market it as the next big thing - some gullible people will no doubt buy into it but I won't. I've only just moved from XP so I have no intention of upgrading again for a good few years.
 
randal24 said:
Why can't MS just get it right again like they did with XP, extended the support and development cycle to create a stable and well established OS?
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They didn't get it right, they got it wrong. It was because XP was so insecure that they had to down tools on the next version and work on SP2 - which, considering the amount of updates, they probably should have charged for it.

There's not much in it for MS if they're content with people using the same OS for 10 years.
 
randal24 said:
Why do we need Windows 8? What revolutionary architecture change is going to prompt another release of Windows?

Why can't MS just get it right again like they did with XP, extended the support and development cycle to create a stable and well established OS?

With proper testing, patching and development Windows 7 could be that OS.
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People often seem to forget their interests do not align with your interests as a consumer.
 
ConceptBoz said:
If they were to lower the price or make it so every 2 eyars a new os but only every 4/6 is a "must have" upgrade so say.

Doesn't matter much - past windows releases show windows 8 to suck :p lol
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What? You make no sense, you can't possibly know Windows 8 will suck.
 
willhub said:
What? You make no sense, you can't possibly know Windows 8 will suck.
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He was either joking or he is making a prediction based on his past experiences with Windows. He could also be working on the basis that Microsoft release one good version, then a bad version, then another good one... Just like the Star Trek movies. :p
 
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