RC2 of Windows .NET Server 2003 coming this week
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Microsoft will post Release Candidate 2 of Windows .NET Server 2003 this week, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. RC2 will probably be the last widely distributed test version of the server operating system before it is released to manufacturing sometime in the first quarter of 2003. General availability of Windows .NET Server 2003 is scheduled for April.
Bob O'Brien, group product manager for Windows NET Server, says the length of the RC2 cycle will depend on customer feedback, but company officials have faith that the product is nearly ready to go. "Going into the holidays, there's always the chance that testing will slow down," O'Brien says. "I believe that the cycle between this and getting to an RTM is going to be fairly short. In order to meet our goal of having product in channel in April, we've got to hit the [RTM] mark in Q1 without any blips."