Windows 7 RC: Microsoft did it again

A few days ago, the page of download of the site partner.microsoft.com looks like this:

A few hours later, the text was replaced with this one initial, in which we were told that the download period a Windows 7 Beta it's over

But the announcement about Windows 7 RC release date it stayed long enough online to give a new impulse the rumours created around it. And I say rumors because, despite that Microsoft he himself announced that this will be on May 5, 2009, it seems that the post was one ACCIDENTAL, similar to the one a few weeks ago on technet.microsoft.com. This after the initial release date had been set (also by Microsoft) on April 10, 2009. So May 5th? June 5th? July 5th? Only Microsoft knows (or not). For now he only confirmed that Release Candidate is available for OEM-URI (Dell, Siemens, Toshiba etc.)

But until official launch of Windows 7 RC, Microsoft advises us not to download and especially not to install, versions of Windows 7 which flutter freely on stream, because those hold a high risk factor.

If there’s a thing that we absolutely do not recommend to end users, it’s that they should download interim builds of Windows 7 from torrent trackers. All such releases put end users at risk because there’s no telling how the source of the leaked builds tampered with the bits.

Microsoft’s official channels should be considered as the sole source of Windows 7 development milestones. Why? Because many leaked releases can be affected by hackers.