The page, reading: "Partners: If you have a subscription to MSDN or TechNet, you can download Windows 7 RC now, otherwise, you can download Windows 7 RC starting May 5, 2009," came to the beady eyed attention of Tech enthusiast site Neowin on Saturday afternoon.
It should mean paying subscribers to Microsoft's developer and IT services are already able to download the release candidate, but a link to the download bumped people to TechNet where no mention of Windows 7 RC could be found.
This could be an innocent slip-up on Micro$haft's part, but more likely it's yet another ploy to build up the buzz amongst potential punters. The evidence points to the latter, as it's already the second time in three weeks that a Volish web site has made like a Welshman and leaked info about the Windows 7 RC.
When a Mighty-Soft spokesperson was asked what was going on, she replied that the "download page briefly posted on the Microsoft Windows Partner Solution site page [w]as part of the regular testing of Microsoft properties." She refused to confirm a May 5th Windows 7 RC release date.
Needless to say, there was also no mention of a release date for the unwashed masses either.