An ex-Microsoft employee appears to have leaked the release date for Windows 8 -- as well as Windows Server 2012 and Office 15.

Chris Green, a Microsoft employee [sic] ... posted a rather telling product support lifecycle update. ... In [which] he details not only the public information found on Microsoft’s product support lifecycle site, but he boldly goes where no one has gone before by mentioning not only Windows 8, but Windows Server “2012″ (Windows 8 Server) and Office “2012″ (Office 15)… with dates.

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Windows 8: RTM: Friday, July 1, 2011 ... Windows Server 2012 (Windows 8 Server): RTM: Monday, July 2, 2012 ... Office 2012 (Office 15): RTM: Monday, July 2, 2012. ... He also lists dates for some additional products, such as Exchange 2013, SharePoint Server 2013, SQL Server 2011. ... Of course, the tell-all sign will be if the document and/or MSDN post are mysteriously removed or altered within the next few days or so. If that happens, there there may just be more to these dates than simply estimation after all!


More: http://pcworld.com/article/188097/