The full version of Internet Explorer 8 comes out in summer 2009

30th November 2008

Microsoft has announced their plans to release an RC-version of the browser Internet Explorer 8 in the first three months of 2009.
By tradition, releasing RC- version in the first quarter means that the final version of the product should appear in June 2009, that is, at the end of the second quarter. At the moment, the latest version of IE8 is Beta 2 published in August 2008. According to Dean Hachamovitch, the general manager of the project, releasing the RC version will be a signal to the world developersâ€™ community, managers and users interested in moving to the most modern browser, closely integrated with current and future versions of Windows.
Despite the whole agitation related to the disclosure of more precise timing of releasing IE8, many commentators believe that Microsoft is in a great hurry, though in vain. The matter is that the software giant is making the work by skips: they are talking about the final version, whereas the second Beta is quite unstable and terribly far from the expected level of preparedness.