SQL Server 2008 RTM is released (6th August 2008). In the last few weeks, there had been a lot of discussions in the news groups and forums about the RTM date. And the wait is over now. If you search for 'SQL Server 2008 RTM' in your favorite search engine, you could get to hundreds of blog posts about the release and many of them briefly describe the major features included in the release. You could find a few here: http://blogs.msdn.com/wesleyb/archive/2008/08/07/sql-server-2008-rtm.aspx
So what is RTM?
RTM stands for 'Release To Manufacturing'.
But what does that mean?
RTM is the stage at which the distribution process begins. CD/DVDs will be created and then retail packs and finally the product will be shipped. This entire process might be quite lengthy and hence the RTM date is usually much ahead of the final release date.
Another related term is RTW which stands for Release To Web. At this stage the product is ready for download from a public web site. I never realized that the process of releasing a product could be such a lengthy process, until I read these posts by Canthe, a release manger at Microsoft.
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