Yes, that's been the plan all along. RTM to the OEM's by sometime in
November, retail box sets on the store shelves in January. The surprising
part is that it looks like it's actually going to happen that way this time
(think back to the delays in releasing XP).
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org
"Intel Inside" <REMOVETHISBIT@com> wrote in message
news:uYDC9nF8GHA.1244@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Looks like RTM will be have to be soon: "Our plan is to provide this to
> volume license business customers next month, in November".
>
> (from the 1st link below)
>
>
> "benoit" <benoit@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:409C0511-65B4-4390-8B39-F33F01127492@microsoft.com...
>> Hello,
>>
>> some news ...
>>
>> <http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/bradsmith/10-13-06VistaRelease.mspx>
>>
>> <http://news.com.com/No+alternative+to+Microsoft+fine/2008-1014_3-6093104.html?tag=nl>
>>
>> <http://news.com.com/Is+Windows+near+end+of+its+run/2100-1016_3-6125965.html?tag=nefd.top>
>>
>> <http://news.com.com/Security+firms+skeptical+about+Vista+shift/2100-7355_3-6125866.html?tag=nefd.top>
>
>