Reading the many blogs etc here are some of the information that is currently in the wild:
* There will be two major release dates: August 6th and October 22nd.
* TechNet/MSDN subscribers will be able to download the English language version of Windows 7 Release To Manufacturing on August 6th, other languages will be available by October 1st.
* General availability (GA) for everyone else will be on October 22nd.
* Microsoft Partner Program Gold/Certified Members will be able to get the English language Release To Manufacturing via the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) Portal on August 16th. Other languages to be available by October 1st.
* Microsoft Action Pack will see the English language Release To Manufacturing by August 23rd, and remaining languages by October 1st.
* Volume License (VL) customers with an existing Software Assurance (SA) license will be able to download Windows 7 RTM in English starting August 7th through the Volume License Service Center (VLSC). Other languages will go online within a couple of weeks.
* Volume License customers without an existing SA license will have to wait until September 1st.
* OEMs will start seeing RTM images about two days after the RTM code is finalized, so that could be by the end of the week.
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