I both doubt it and hope that it's not released that soon - less than a year from when Jaguar was released? Yikes. Why did I spend the money last September on it?
If the Panther beta is any indication, Apple's got a long way before it should be installed on anything as the main OS.
Someone got their facts wrong, as I see it. Panther should be out mid-September. They just released their second beta to developers last Friday, and the reports are that it is very stable, so it looks like they are on track.
The article says some of the iMacs are ready to go. This would mean that Panther's already gone gold master, which of course isn't the case. I'd have to say that the article's wrong. Either that, or they're using a beta OS!