Windows 7路線圖及版本計(jì)劃公布

Win7之家（ afsion.com.cn）：Windows 7路線圖及版本計(jì)劃公布

 Windows 7 Beta發(fā)布快一個(gè)月了，今天微軟Engineering Windows 7官方博客發(fā)表文章解釋了Windows 7的路線圖，讓我們一起來了解一下Windows 7從去年10月到正式發(fā)布要經(jīng)過哪些過程。

對軟件版本不是很了解的朋友可以先看一下：

小知識： 軟件版本號講解: 什么是Alpha, Beta, RC

Pre-Beta – 此版本是在去年10月的PDC 2008大會上公布的，主要是向開發(fā)者們介紹Windows 7極其功能。

Beta– 此版本是在今年1月10號正式發(fā)布的，幾百萬人下載了此版本并參與了測試，用戶可以向微軟發(fā)送有關(guān)穩(wěn)定性、質(zhì)量、兼容性以及用戶體驗(yàn)方面的問題報(bào)告和反饋。

Release Candidate (RC) – 到此階段時(shí)就就說明我們已經(jīng)打算發(fā)布Windows 7了。當(dāng)然，此階段時(shí)，我們依然會聽取用戶反饋并針對用戶提出的問題找出解決方案�？梢哉f，這已經(jīng)是在為正式發(fā)布彩排了。

Release to Manufacturing (RTM) – 這就是我們發(fā)放到PC廠商和零售的最終正式版

General Availability (GA) – 此時(shí)，用戶就可以購買到預(yù)裝Windows 7的機(jī)器或者零售版的Windows 7光盤了。

遺憾的是，微軟并未在博客中透露這些階段所對應(yīng)的時(shí)間，不過今天早些時(shí)候，有消息稱正式版將在今年第三季度發(fā)布。

附部分原文：

an 30th, 2009. This post is about the path from where we are today, Beta, to our RTM (Release To Manufacturing), building on the discussion of this topic that started at the PDC. To summarize briefly:

Pre-Beta – This release at the PDC introduced the developer community to Windows 7 and represents the platform complete release and disclosure of the features.
Beta – This release provided a couple of million folks the opportunity to use feature complete Windows 7 while also providing the telemetry and feedback necessary for us to validate the quality, reliability, compatibility, and experience of Windows 7. As we said, we are working with our partners across the ecosystem to make sure that testing and validation and development of Windows 7-based products begins to enter final phases as we move through the Beta.
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