Ballmer on "turning the corner"
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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