Difference between Vista RTM N Jan 30th Release?

[lionelxp]

Guys,

What is the difference between Vista RTM N Jan 30th Release?

Vista RTM is build 6000 n Final Jan 30th release is?????

[Arsenal_Gunners]

Vista RTM is the ready to market version.RTM is the last stage of software development before its final(retail) release.See more about it here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softwar...ase_life_cycle
On 30th Vista was released for retail marketing.

[alsiladka]

Originally Posted by vimal_mehrotra

Vista RTM is the ready to market version.

RTM means Released to Manufacturing. It is not the last stage of development before release, but rather it is the copy which will be released as the "Software".

RTM literally means that the media is now being created for the software RTMed.

For Vista, it means that the build was given to the Manufacturing Sector to Create the Media i.e. The Installation DVDs.

The RTM and Jan 30 release are one and the same thing.

[soham]

The bugs found after RTM release havent been patched in the Jan 30 release. The patches are available as updates from the Microsoft site. Thus both the versions are the same.

[Arsenal_Gunners]

RTM actually has more than one meaning.Yours as well as mine are both correct.
From wikipedia:RTM=Release to manufacturing or Ready to market, in the Software release life cycle.

Originally Posted by alsiladka

It is not the last stage of development before release, but rather it is the copy which will be released as the "Software".

RTM literally means that the media is now being created for the software RTMed.

Btw. you are a little mistaken here-read the wikipedia extract "The term release candidate refers to a final product, ready to release unless fatal bugs emerge.
So It is not exactly the final thing.

from:webopedia
RTM versions are typically released to manufacturers before they are released to the general public so that the manufacturers can work out any bugs the software may encounter with hardware devices. The release of an RTM version does not necessarily mean that the creators have worked out all the problems with the software; there still may be more versions of the product before it is released to the general public.