>>>RTM means Released to Manufacturing. For all I know, they could have done a later release of that included the service packs. Why have they made this so obscure? >> >>RTM means original Released to Manufacturing. If product is re-released with service packs it's not called RTM anymore. >> >>>What about SQL Server patches that come along between service packs? >> >>What patches? Can you be more specific? > >One example http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9814AE9D-BD44-40C5-ADD3-B8C99618E68D&displaylang=en