Last week, Microsoft released Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 in English, German, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese. While it was already known that IE8 would be going final before the end of the year it still wasn’t clear whether there would be a Beta 3 and when exactly IE8 would be released. It’s time to try to answer those two questions.
According to the IE8 Beta 2 support page, prereleased versions will no longer be supported come November:
Free unlimited installation and usage support is available for Internet Explorer 8 pre-released versions, but only for North America English customers. This support for Internet Explorer 8 pre-released versions is valid until November 1, 2008.
Full Article – http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2008/09/03/unless-theres-a-beta-3-ie8-may-be-set-for-november-release
