Intel CEO spills beans on Vista SP1 release schedule !

[Former captain of the Enterprise]

http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/04/19/Intel_CEO_spills_beans_on_Vista_SP1_1.html


Microsoft Corp. won't pin a timetable on the first major update for Windows
Vista, but one of its most important partners, Intel Corp., doesn't have a
problem naming dates.
During the Q&A portion of an earnings conference call Tuesday, Intel CEO
Paul Otellini was asked how Vista sales would impact his company's 2007
sales projections. Otellini began his answer with the by-now-standard
explanation that enterprises haven't jumped to the new operating system.
"Most companies will act like Intel," he said. "They're doing some pilots
and testing today."

But as he continued, he named a rough release date for Vista Service Pack 1
(SP1). "But the [Vista] deployment [in enterprises] will actually happen
when the Service Pack gets released in the fourth quarter time frame,
probably the October-November time frame," said Otellini.

Although Microsoft has confirmed that SP1 is in the works, it has refused to
name a release date or peg it to a particular quarter. That didn't change --
even after Otellini's leak.

Read more at the link

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

That is the time frame Microsoft has mentioned publically also. It is tied
to the release of Longhorn Server which will release at Service Pack Level
1. Both are built on the same codebase and service packs apply to the
codebase, not the product. Thus the release of Longhorn Server and Vista
SP1 must be concurrent.

 

[Lang Murphy]

http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/04/19/Intel_CEO_spills_beans_on_Vista_SP1_1.html


Microsoft Corp. won't pin a timetable on the first major update for
Windows Vista, but one of its most important partners, Intel Corp.,
doesn't have a problem naming dates.
During the Q&A portion of an earnings conference call Tuesday, Intel CEO
Paul Otellini was asked how Vista sales would impact his company's 2007
sales projections. Otellini began his answer with the by-now-standard
explanation that enterprises haven't jumped to the new operating system.
"Most companies will act like Intel," he said. "They're doing some pilots
and testing today."

But as he continued, he named a rough release date for Vista Service Pack
1 (SP1). "But the [Vista] deployment [in enterprises] will actually happen
when the Service Pack gets released in the fourth quarter time frame,
probably the October-November time frame," said Otellini.

Although Microsoft has confirmed that SP1 is in the works, it has refused
to name a release date or peg it to a particular quarter. That didn't
change -- even after Otellini's leak.

Read more at the link

And how is this new news? Yawn...

Lang

 

[Tom Lake]

Although Microsoft has confirmed that SP1 is in the works, it has refused

And how is this new news? Yawn...

It's BIG news for the thousands of people waiting for SP1 before trying
Vista.

Tom Lake

 

[Lang Murphy]

It's BIG news for the thousands of people waiting for SP1 before trying
Vista.

Tom Lake

Oct-Nov has always been the MS timeframe for SP1... that's been posted in
this NG numerous times over the past couple of months. Not news here.

Lang

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

This date has been public information since before Vista released last year.