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Isn't it the date when Released to Manufacturer?
The Release to Manufacturing date may proceed the actual availability, at outlets such as Newegg by days' weeks or even months. It takes time for the physical discs to be manufactured after all.
IIRC RTM copies have been made available to MSDN etc. members a day or two following the RTM date. Windows update normally offers updates at the time of the official release, which for Windows 8 was several weeks after the actual RTM.
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Microsoft just announce the general availability date as July 29th.
http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwin...le-on-july-29/