Windows 7 - Windows 7 RC/RTM Builds – Clearing the Confusion

win7 · 04-14-2009

So I’ve actually been meaning to write this for a while because it’s been annoying the hell out of me. I have seen people saying that 7105 and 7106 of Windows 7 are RC builds and the RC will be > 7100. Well all I can say to those people is that you’re wrong, you fail, and you need to learn how the development process works inside Redmond before you go spouting about a build being an RC ESCROW.....

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darkassain · 04-14-2009

makes sense to me that the rc escrow is 7077+ while the rc is 7100....
which i have said a few hours ago..

win7 · 04-14-2009

Its been said for ages this is how it is, i just wanted to post a solid article explaining it so everbody knows how it works.

jonatasmz · 04-14-2009

wow.. finally i understood how development process works.. thanks a lot man...

Digger · 04-14-2009

if this gospel is true, this has to be the strangest format of compiling/splitting that MS has ever done or been seen doing. This strange calculation format wasnt used in whistler or longhorn for that matter.... so why the strange wacky stuff now? I wonder if these ppl are the ones who call in UFO's.... just doesnt seem right to me, very odd

LePoilu · 04-14-2009

I don't really understand what the point of debugging an "RC build" and at the same time introducing new code (untested?) for "RTM branch"

It sound a little mad for me, as RC should be the starting point of the final debugging process before RTM...

breath · 04-14-2009

Well seems that this option is the one most going around atm.
Still i dont see anyone that can make me believe this for sure 100%.

scaramonga · 04-14-2009

LOL!

All that wasted time for those who were trying to convert the leaked Chinese build 7106 to English, when in fact it was an older build.

kpo6969 · 04-14-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by darkassain

makes sense to me that the rc escrow is 7077+ while the rc is 7100....
which i have said a few hours ago..

This has been my opinion since I installed 7077.
Good info all around

SoLoR · 04-14-2009

ye this is all new (/sarcasm) and we where not saying this for week(s), however now that someone puts it on blog its true all of the sudden