Rumour: Windows 8 Milestone 2 already compiled

January 2, 2011
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Windows 8, the codename for the next major operating system from Microsoft, may have already passed Milestone 2 progress. According to a Russian website winreview.ru, via win8beta.com, Microsoft compiled the build “Windows 8 Milestone 2: 6.2.79xx.0.winmain_win8m2.xxxxxx-xxxx” recently.

Here is what was posted on Russian site winreview.ru

  • Windows 7 Post-RTM: 6.1.77xx.0.winmain.xxxxxx-xxxx
  • Windows 8 Milestone 1: ?6.2.78xx.0.winmain_win8m1.xxxxxx-xxxx
  • Windows 8 Milestone 2: 6.2.79xx.0.winmain_win8m2.xxxxxx-xxxx

We’ll have to watch this closely…

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