IE9 Release

In Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft gets to show off some of his best work for an audience that is increasingly indifferent and hard to please, and in some cases outright hostility and contempt. This is not an enviable task.
By any objective standard, Microsoft succeeded in the tasks that it set out to do: build a fast, standards-compliant browser with a clean, modern design that integrates well with Windows 7. But is that enough to keep its leading role in the reduction of more competitive field of browsers? Can I persuade defectors to the end of their experiments with Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox and return to the fold? Can I bring a web development and raise its rate to keep up with younger, faster rivals? We're going to find out.
Today in San Francisco, Microsoft plans to officially unveil the release candidate for IE9. Several years ago I probably would have waited until the final code delivery to an official review. In the new engineering managed Microsoft, RC label means exactly that: it is ready to send the code for one final spin of the smoke from those pesky bugs that hide so well with the automated testers. She is ready for review. (To answer your questions preemptively: No, Microsoft does not offer any hints about when the final version is ready.)