Leopart Roadmap Revealed...I tell you what that means

Someone's talking...and that someone is probably dead now. You see, that's how Mr. Jobs works. He trusts you. He trusts you to keep a secret. And when you don't...well, you're disposed of. Because once you're outside of the circle you're as good as dead.

Anyway, the Leopard road map has been revealed, or at least thats what some people thing. What's a road map? A road map is a time line, so to speak, that outlines when certain things are going to happen.

For most people nothing about a road map means anything to them, nor is any of it important with the exception of one thing, a release date. In this case the "leaked road map" doesn't have one. Instead it goes over time frames for testing, the ceasing of adding additional features, testing windows for updated betas, and a tentative cut off date for the Gold master. In other words, it doesn't have anything that someone couldn't estimate (probably pretty accurately at this point) based on standard software release guidelines.

Nonetheless, here is a link to the article on TUAW. However, you can find plenty else about it in other places as well.

-Steve