02-12-2008, 11:17 AM
The long wait for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) got a little longer last week when Microsoft announced that it will delay broadly releasing the final code until mid-March.
That caused an uproar among some users who are impatient to get their hands on SP1 so that they can begin Vista evaluations as well as deployments. Now, Microsoft has at least partially relented.
Last Friday, the company released Vista SP1 for download by both individuals and companies who previously beta tested the service pack. This week, the company went further.
"At the end of this week we will be making the English version of Windows Vista SP1 available to volume licensing customers ... Other languages will follow soon … [and] later this month, SP1 will be available to MSDN and TechNet Plus subscribers," Mike Nash, corporate vice president of Windows product management, said in a posting on the Windows Vista Team Blog today.
Link: InternetNews.com
That caused an uproar among some users who are impatient to get their hands on SP1 so that they can begin Vista evaluations as well as deployments. Now, Microsoft has at least partially relented.
Last Friday, the company released Vista SP1 for download by both individuals and companies who previously beta tested the service pack. This week, the company went further.
"At the end of this week we will be making the English version of Windows Vista SP1 available to volume licensing customers ... Other languages will follow soon … [and] later this month, SP1 will be available to MSDN and TechNet Plus subscribers," Mike Nash, corporate vice president of Windows product management, said in a posting on the Windows Vista Team Blog today.
Link: InternetNews.com