Guggenheimer made the announcement during a keynote address at Computex 2009 in Taipei.

First held in 1981, Computex 2009 is an annual computer exhibition in Taiwan organised by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council, funded by Taiwan government, and has attracted key global businesses to launch their new products at this event.

Guggenheimer said Microsoft is confident with the progress made with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, and thus will deliver Release to Manufacturing (RTM) code to partners in the second half of July.

“As we’ve said many times, quality is our primary goal,” Guggenheimer said. “We announce each milestone once we’re confident of where we are in the development cycle and that it is ready to be shared with customers and partners. We’ve received great feedback from our partners who are looking forward to offering Windows 7 to their customers in time for the holidays.”