From: "Tim Van Holder" <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be>
To: <djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: MS XP Release Update Info
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 16:50:44 +0200
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> DJGPP Developers,
> 
> MS has released XP to a select group of people. I know of two 
> groups so far,
> they are:
>     1) Reselleres who went to an XP demo/sales info night. 
> This occured mid
> week.
>     2) MSDN subscribers it is available for download from MS. 
> I spotted this
> on the MS site yesterday, don't know how long it's been 
> available or what version it is.

The RTM (Release-To-Manufacturer) of the 'Gold' release of XP was
a while ago, so there are many (pirate) ISOs already floating around
the net (usually corporate editions that don't require activation).
The OEM release date was 25/9, so you can already buy new PC's with
XP preinstalled.