Q&A: Windows Vista Released to Manufacturing

PressPass: Windows Vista was released to manufacturing today -- what does that mean?

Hallauer: Release to manufacturing signifies the completion of our development work and the start of the next phase for Windows Vista. Windows Vista is the highest-quality version of Windows that we’ve ever produced. We’ve had more people test more builds than previous development cycles, and the result is that we received more feedback than ever before.
Sven Hallauer, Release Manager, Director of Program Management
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That being said, Windows Vista’s journey is not yet done. PC makers, device manufacturers and software developers can finalize work on their products and applications to ensure great customer experiences when Windows Vista becomes available -- to our volume license customers this month and consumers on January 30, 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/nov06/11-08VistaRTM.mspx