Windows8News.com: Windows 8 ‘Confirmed’ for 2012 Launch

Everton | Nov 20, 2009 | Comments

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More ‘proof’ has emerged via some Microsoft roadmap slides that Windows 8 will be launched in 2012:

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About the Author: Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK.He also writes for Windows 8 News, Connected Internet and One Tip A Day.

Dave
Hear hear!!

Stephen
The use of the tilde symbol typically establishes that the date is just an approximation. It really doesn't confirm anything - just means that Microsoft's oft-stated three year development cycle is still what they use to insert "forward thinking" dates when they don't have a real one. You get 2012 as an approximate date by adding the obligatory three years to the current release but that doesn't mean that is a fixed milestone until the tilde goes away. Keep in mind the Vista date shifted by years before it was released and the official target for Windows 7 (based upon the three year cycle) was the first quarter of 2010.

Stephen

SSmith
I was wondering what a tilde symbol meant. I guess that's why the words 'confirmed' and 'proof' are in quotes. I guess most readers of this website realized this, so they didn't feel the need to unnecessarily correct the author.