.... Windows XP Ready for Release to Manufacturing
REDMOND, Wash., August 24, 2001 -- If you think retailers, PC makers and customers are glad that Microsoft. finished development of its new Windows XP operating system today and began the process of manufacturing and distributing the software, consider Jack Mayo. He had to eat mealworms to get to this point.
Mayo, project manager for Windows XP, doesn't make a habit of eating bugs. But two months ago, Mayo and other top managers on the Windows XP development team knew they needed to keep morale high if they were going to meet today’s release to manufacturing (RTM) date -- the final milestone in ensuring that millions of retail packages and pre-loaded PCs would be ready as promised for the product’s official debut, set for October 25.
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REDMOND, Wash., August 24, 2001 -- If you think retailers, PC makers and customers are glad that Microsoft. finished development of its new Windows XP operating system today and began the process of manufacturing and distributing the software, consider Jack Mayo. He had to eat mealworms to get to this point.
Mayo, project manager for Windows XP, doesn't make a habit of eating bugs. But two months ago, Mayo and other top managers on the Windows XP development team knew they needed to keep morale high if they were going to meet today’s release to manufacturing (RTM) date -- the final milestone in ensuring that millions of retail packages and pre-loaded PCs would be ready as promised for the product’s official debut, set for October 25.
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