RTM is not for testing. RTM is when the testing is done.

What part of the concept of Released to Manufacturing (O.K. guys, lets
produce this!) do you not get?

Does RTM code get out? It has happened. But bug reports will not be accepted
as it IS being manufactured as it is.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"Drew" <s@aol.com> wrote in message
news:FDA9DFC6-B79E-496D-87EB-91AA4A78B351@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> yes will you are right RTM is the last for testing but gold is the final
> version and beta testers may or some of them may get the final gold
> depending how active and good bug reports and feeedback they gave to the
> beta of vista.
> "Will" <imagine_44******.com> wrote in message
> news:67D14E34-4E70-4571-A406-7A22949C5B2B@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> There may be some differences between gold and rtm but essentually it's
>> still going to be the same code
>> From what has been said RC2 is pretty much the end of the line for public
>> testing
>>
>> "Drew" <s@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:C0F35854-96B6-414D-9B55-29AE43266044@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>>> yes but there going to be a gold version after RTM.RTM is justa final to
>>> build for companies to get the drivers update there usually a gold
>>> version after RTM before it goes public.
>>> "Will" <imagine_44******.com> wrote in message
>>> news:8CF770D1-FA86-446F-9041-5D9CABA46E9E@microsoft.com...
>>>> All beta builds (including RC1 and RC2) will stop working on the 1st of
>>>> june 2007 beta keys will work till then
>>>> RTM will be retail and beta keys will not work on it
>>>>
>>>> it is also likely that you will not be able to upgrade from RC1 or RC2
>>>> to the final version you will probably need to do a clean install
>>>>
>>>> These evaluation builds are all timebombed to stop working you can find
>>>> out the exact date and time they will stop working by typing "winver"
>>>> in the run command
>>>> And it will be most likely that the beta keys will be blocked by MSFT
>>>> after the 1st of june 2007
>>>>
>>>> "Drew" <s@aol.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:B9C4EB1C-110B-4591-B5F3-BB61D5B1CA5D@microsoft.com...
>>>>>
>>>>
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