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Vista SP1 finally ready for manufacture

Ballmer on "turning the corner"

Tags: steve ballmer, microsoft, sp1, vista

By Ina Fried

Published: 5 February 2008 08:00 GMT

Microsoft has wrapped up development of two major products, Windows Server 2008 and the Service Pack 1 update to Windows Vista, CEO Steve Ballmer told financial analysts yesterday.

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Ballmer said: "Both products have released to manufacturing today [Monday], which is good news."

Ballmer highlighted a few big corporate deployments of Vista, including at Continental Airlines, which is in the process of upgrading 10,000 systems.

Ballmer said: "We think we are turning the corner in terms of enterprise deployment and Service Pack 1 will be a huge boon."

Microsoft will begin distributing Vista SP1 via Windows Update in mid-March, according to a Microsoft blog post.

Microsoft is due to formally launch Windows Server 2008 on 27 February at an event in Los Angeles.

Original article: Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008 finalized from CNET News.com

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