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Windows
2000 History
It's been a long road from Beta 1 until
RTM. Here is a quick look:
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Beta 1: Released September 27,
1997
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Beta 2: Released August 20,
1998
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Beta 3 Release Candidate: Released
December 16, 1998
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Beta 3 Release Candidate 1: Released
March 17, 1999
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Beta 3: Released April 29, 1999
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Release Candidate 1 (RC1): Released
July 2, 1999
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Release Candidate 2 (RC2): Released
September 15, 1999
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Release Candidate 3
(RC3): Released November 11, 1999
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Final release (RTM): Released
December 15, 1999
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MSDN Release: Released January
19, 2000
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Manufacturer Availability:
Released January 24, 2000
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Final release (MultiLanguage
Version RTM): Released January 24, 2000
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Public Availability: February
17, 2000
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Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Beta
2: May 23, 2000
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Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
Release: July 31, 2000
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Windows 2000 Datacenter release:
September 29, 2000
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Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 release:
May 15, 2001
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