Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Office 2012: Estimated RTM Dates Surface on an MSDN Blog
January 27th, 2010 | Author: Stephen Chapman

Windows 8

*Thanks to Charon, a friend of mine from the Ma-Config.com blog, for sending me a note of this interesting find of his.



Chris Green, a Microsoft employee who appears to use his MSDN blog here-and-there, posted a rather telling product support lifecycle update on December 2, 2009. In it, he details not only the public information found on Microsoft’s product support lifecycle site, but he boldly goes where no one has gone before by mentioning not only Windows 8, but Windows Server “2012″ (Windows 8 Server) and Office “2012″ (Office 15)… with dates. Now, before I post these dates, it’s important to note two caveats that this information comes with. First, from Chris’ blog, found in his sidebar:

More at -

http://www.msftkitchen.com

If you follow the links (Quite a lot of them!!) you will go around in circles. The original author's "Blog" page has been closed. And "Fudzilla" - say no more.

Microsoft would be shooting themselves in the foot to mention a date, or release even an RC, so soon. Big companies are still budgetting to purchase 7.

These are the dates that were leaked:




Here is a PDF format copy of the document leaked by Chris Green the Ex MS employee.

http://img.hexus.net/v2/news/microso...admap-leak.pdf

Originally Posted by Zen00

Again, I don't believe it. Too soon for such specifics.

Despite the fact that the old saying goes, "Where there's smoke, there's fire", I agree, it is too soon for specifics.

However, it does give us something to chat about whilst we await the arrival of Windows 8.
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I say fake. Not only too soon, but that date itself is too soon.

~Lordbob