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Edge GA Release Date
HotCakeX "Looks like it's their guess and they are not quoting any officials."
I think that your caution is on target, and I appreciate the comment.
I agree with exercising caution when quoting the trade press, and that's why I opened with the caveat "I don't know how accurate this information is ..." Caution is doubly important, in this case, because the article does not attribute the information to Microsoft employees or Microsoft-published information.
As an aside, it seems to me that too many people fail to exercise necessary caution about "scoops" ( which might or might not be accurate) reported in the trade press.
As one example out of many, Windows Central recently published an article ("https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-os-development-schedule-changes", Zac Bowden, 28 October 2019).
The article does not identify the source of the information, so it might or might not be accurate.
Over the course of the last week, the "RTM in December" meme has been the subject of numerous articles in the trade press (OnMFST, TechRadar, Winbuzzer, WindowsLatest, and so on) all citing the Windows Central article but without any caveat about the accuracy/inaccuracy of the information. I've even seen the Windows Central article republished verbatim on a Windows 10 Insider forum without any qualification about the possible accuracy/inaccuracy of the information.
Speculation repeated often enough has a habit of morphing into "fact". In this case, as in the case of the "December RTM" reported by Windows Central, a healthy dose of caution is in order. I think that the best can be said is that both articles are consistent with other information Microsoft has released in the past**.
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**In the case of the "December RTM" article, past Microsoft announcements that the Windows 10 development/release schedules would be brought into line with Azure development/release schedules at some unspecified point in the future, and in the case of the article in question, past Microsoft announcements that Edge development/deployment cycles would follow Chromium/Chrome development cycles rather than Windows 10 development/upgrade cycles.
"The article does not identify the source of the information, so it might or might not be accurate."
It does, in the first paragraph.
BruceRoberts "It does, in the first paragraph."
The first paragraph, which announces the January 15 release date, is clearly attributed. Microsoft has confirmed that in other statements, as well.
The next two paragraphs, which were the subject of my comment and discuss how the the browser will be rolled out post-release, are not as clearly attributed, if attributed at all:
"The next question is that of when the browser will actually ship with Windows 10, with many speculating that it might ship in 20H1 - which would be the first feature update after January 15 - or even 20H2, since 20H1 might RTM in December. As it turns out, neither of those theories are accurate, as the browser will start to be bundled with the OS right after the GA date.
"It's going to be a slow rollout though. We're not all going to wake up one day and find Legacy Edge replaced by the new Edge. That's how staged rollouts work though. There will be a small sample group that will get it first, and then that group will be expanded. As for new installations of Windows, the bits will be sent out to OEMs as soon as they're generally available."
I read the second and third paragraph as informed speculation. I still do, in part because Microsoft has not confirmed the rollout process as far as I know, and other trade media have not picked up this thread in their reporting.
The trade press is widely reporting the January 15 release date, but I haven't seen other articles talking about the post-release rollout process. That's odd, if Microsoft laid it out at Ignite 2019. I would think that it would be big news, if Microsoft announced it at Ignite 2019, and other media don't seem to have picked that up.
However, I can see that the alternative reading (that the Ignite 2019 attribution applies to everything in the article) is also reasonable. I can't dispute that your interpretation is reasonable, and I don't.
BruceRoberts
But, it is good to question everything one reads or is told; in case something is, actually, false.
Cheers,
Drew- It's confirmed tho that Edge will be released without Extension sync, History sync and ARM64 support.
- I think people take articles from Windows central for granted because they hold regular podcasts about Windows insider builds and I think they are also somehow connected to the Microsoft company, at least it feels like it
HotCakeX "I think people take articles from Windows central for granted because they hold regular podcasts about Windows insider builds ..."
I think, and I think most people agree, that Windows Central is usually well-informed. That doesn't change the fact that speculation is speculation, and attribution to sources is attribution to sources. I take most of what I read in the trade press about Microsoft with a healthy skepticism, unless the information is tied to sources from/within the company.
"... and I think they are also somehow connected to the Microsoft company, at least it feels like it."
I don't think that Windows Central is connected to Microsoft** (other than to have developed sources within the company, as most reputable outlets in the trade press have done), but if Windows Central is connected to Microsoft in any way beyond that, then Windows Central should disclose that fact in articles about Microsoft and Microsoft products published by Windows Central. Reputable media disclose relationships with the companies that they report upon.
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**I did a quick look at relevant public records, and I cannot find any information suggesting that Windows Central is affiliated with Microsoft. Windows Central is a media outlet of Mobile Nations, a division of Future Group, which owns https://www.futureplc.com/brands/. I don't see any connection at all to Microsoft. I believe Windows Central is reputable, independent outlet of the trade media reporting on Microsoft and its products.
tomscharbach
Tom, the (expected) Jan, 15th date is from MS not some outside source.
Cheers,
Drew
