Steve Ballmer Expects Windows XP RTM on Friday
By: Arie Slob
Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer expects to see Windows XP make it to RTM (Release To Manufacturing) status by Friday.
Ballmer, who was speaking in Sao Paulo (Brazil) at a technology conference, told the a news conference: "Our job now is to get Windows XP done. With a little bit of luck, we should have it ready by Friday."
Ballmer also hinted that Microsoft is eager to settle it's antitrust case, while he brushed off the notion that Microsoft is a monopoly by saying: "I don't know what a monopoly is until somebody tells me." He also added that it is Microsoft's job "to try and create products that people want". And "We don't want 10 percent of people to want our product, we want everyone to want our product."
If Windows XP is to be released to manufacturing this week it will certainly mean that it will be released in October, as planned.
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