Mountain Lion to arrive sooner than expected?

The EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) division of AppleCare is allegedly hiring and training new staff on certain aspects of Apple’s upcoming OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, “possibly hinting that a release date is soon to arrive,” notes “AppleInsider” (http://www.appleinsider.com).

Quoting “an unnamed source familiar with the matter,” the article says AppleCare EMEA is hiring a number of new employees who will serve as customer support for the latest rev of OS X. The source went on to say that Mountain Lion may be just a few weeks from launch as internal training recently commenced regarding certain facets of the operating system. Apple usually restricts the operating window of support staff training to a minimum before large product release presumably to avoid leaks, says “AppleInsider.”