The long wait is almost over for Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualisation software for Windows Server 2008 -- it has reached the feature-complete release-candidate stage placing it in limbo between beta-stage development and a final release.
The company has committed to hitting a final deadline of up to 180 days after the product was released to manufacturing on 4 February this year; "release candidate" is Microsoft's term for denoting an updated product near to final code.
In an interview with ZDNet.com.au's UK sister site ZDNet.co.uk, Microsoft left open the possibility of a second release candidate before final launch; the company acknowledged that it may still have some refinement to do.
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