Release candidate
The term release candidate is used to describe the version of a piece of software that is ready to be released. By this point in the software release life cycle, the developers have designed, coded, and tested the software through alpha and beta phases. The term golden master was used by Apple Inc. to note their products in the release candidate stage. Other synonymous terms for release candidate are gamma and delta, while omega and zenith indicate the final testing stages before a product becomes a release candidate. The name given to the product after it is agreed that no new source code will be added is code complete. While the implementation of the software in the public market is set to follow code complete, the development team may still use small changes to fix defects and bugs within the software. The shipped product is referred to as release to manufacturing or release to marketing (RTM).
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08/20/09 4:09pm Computing Windows 7 RC (Release Candidate) download availability ends today
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08/04/09 6:50pm Computing Apple iTunes PayPal competitor rumored, Windows XP Mode RC available, IZEA's Sponsored Tweets launches
eBay-owned PayPal has dominated the market for small and medium online money transactions for a long time now, but the Wall Street… dig deeper
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07/22/09 6:30pm Computing Windows 7 finishes testing, gets released to manufacturing (RTM)
The Windows Blog: http://bit.ly/bOOR dig deeper
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07/02/09 2:04pm Computing Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Family Pack plans discovered
ZDNet: http://bit.ly/2Xor8y dig deeper
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07/01/09 4:18pm Computing Windows 7 beta bi-hourly shutdowns begin today
Windows 7 Team Blog: http://bit.ly/tJT3R dig deeper
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05/18/09 2:04pm Computing How to install Windows 7 on almost any netbook
Gizmodo: http://bit.ly/12TFZu dig deeper
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04/27/09 4:55pm Computing Microsoft Windows 7 RC 1 available May 5th, will soon get "XP Mode"
An improved pre-launch version of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system will become available to the public next Tuesday, and Microsoft promises that the OS will eventually run all Windows XP programs without a hitch thanks to virtualization software. dig deeper
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02/27/09 8:59am Computing Windows Vista Service Pack 2 enters Release Candidate stage
The RC version of the update to Microsoft's current flagship operating system will be available for public testing "in the very near future." dig deeper
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02/26/09 7:19pm Computing Windows 7 RC adds new features; here's the list
The "release candidate" version of Windows 7 will add requested user interface changes and more. dig deeper
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02/18/09 7:59pm Computing Windows 7 rumored to be in release candidate stage already
Although not planned until April, a release candidate of the in-development operating system has been rumored to exist already. dig deeper
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02/04/09 1:46pm Computing Windows 7 security flaws already uncovered
Problems in access rights management let unapproved programs gain full control over the system. dig deeper
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01/27/09 4:09pm Computing A cautionary note for upgrading to Internet Explorer 8 RC1
If you were a previous IE 8 beta user and run Windows XP SP3, you need to pay careful attention to the install process. dig deeper
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