You heard right, folks!  Notes/Domino 8.5 has officially been released!  The long-awaited announcement was made today at MacWorld Expo!  Rather than repeat all the links, etc. here, I would recommend you head over to Ed Brill's blog and check out his blog post on it.  He provides a number of links for you, including the official release letter.

OH..and don't forget!  If you are planning on upgrading your servers soon to 8.5, there is already an interim fix.  Don't forget to add that as well.  It can be found on Fix Central.  Just select Lotus, Lotus Domino, 8.5.0.0 and your operating system, then sign-in to get the fix.  

Happy loading!