Intel CEO spills beans on Vista SP1 release schedule !

http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/...sta_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

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.

"Former captain of the Enterprise" <1111@11.11> wrote in message
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> http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/...sta_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
>

"Former captain of the Enterprise" <1111@11.11> wrote in message
news:uz9o6StgHHA.4904@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/...sta_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

>> 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.

> And how is this new news? Yawn...

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

Tom Lake

"Tom Lake" <tlake@twcny.rr.com> wrote in message
news:A9E05C36-EAF2-461F-9E2B-1B27F67F480E@microsoft.com...
>>> 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.
>
>> And how is this new news? Yawn...
>
> 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

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

"Tom Lake" <tlake@twcny.rr.com> wrote in message
news:A9E05C36-EAF2-461F-9E2B-1B27F67F480E@microsoft.com...
>>> 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.
>
>> And how is this new news? Yawn...
>
> It's BIG news for the thousands of people waiting for SP1 before trying
> Vista.
>
> Tom Lake