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]]> By: Dave http://www.windows7news.com/2009/11/20/windows8news-com-windows-8-confirmed-for-2012-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-46745 Dave Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:22:26 +0000 http://windows7news.com/?p=5748#comment-46745 Hear hear!! Hear hear!!

]]> By: Dave http://www.windows7news.com/2009/11/20/windows8news-com-windows-8-confirmed-for-2012-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-43560 Dave Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:22:26 +0000 http://windows7news.com/?p=5748#comment-43560 Hear hear!! Hear hear!!

]]> By: SSmith http://www.windows7news.com/2009/11/20/windows8news-com-windows-8-confirmed-for-2012-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-43486 SSmith Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:32:54 +0000 http://windows7news.com/?p=5748#comment-43486 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. 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.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.windows7news.com/2009/11/20/windows8news-com-windows-8-confirmed-for-2012-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-43480 Stephen Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:28:20 +0000 http://windows7news.com/?p=5748#comment-43480 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. <br><br>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

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