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At 2003-04-02T14:08:51Z, "Ken Mays" <kmays2000@hotmail.com> writes:

> So the question of the day could be: Is the ISO images of 4.8 the
> 'released-to-manufacturing (vendors/retailers)' or 'official release'
> versions and not pre-RTM (beta) code?!?

Neither.  They are "could quite possibly be announced as -RELEASE but could
just as easily be wiped and replaced with something else with no notice
required or expected".  They're just some files on an FTP server until the
signed announcement goes out - nothing more, nothing less.
=2D-=20
Kirk Strauser
In Googlis non est, ergo non est.

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