WinInfo report that Whistler Server RTM has slipped a month or two from its original October 1 Release To Manufacturing (RTM) date.

According to the latest schedules, Windows XP and Whistler Server Beta 2 will ship on March 14. After that, the two products, which are on separate development tracks, head off to different conclusions. Windows XP will hit Release Candidate (RC) 1 in April, RC2 8 weeks after that, and then RTM four weeks later. This places final release sometime in the summer; it´s widely expected that Microsoft will mirror last year´s Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me) schedule and make Windows XP available to the public in September. Meanwhile, Whistler Server is still due to hit RC1 in late July, RC2 in late August or September, and the RTM code sometime in November or December.

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