Archive for October, 2008
A quick update for those wondering when to expect the final version of Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2): Microsoft is saying (via one of its Web sites, at least) that it is due in the first half of calendar 2009.
Next week: All PDC, all the time
How many times in the past year have I asked about a product, a service or a strategy to be told by Microsoft officials: “Just wait till the PDC. We’ll explain all”? Finally, that promised “tell-all” date is here. Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference (PDC) kicks off next week.
Microsoft will release a beta of its forthcoming Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) to a wider group of testers on October 29.
Microsoft has launched yet another hybrid product-research lab — this one focused on the development-tool arena.
There are a lot of write-ups around the Web aboutMicrosoft’s first quarter earnings for fiscal 2009, which the company announced on October 24, so I won’t waste a lot of time recapping them here. Instead, here are a few links to interesting tidbits revealed during yesterday’s earnings call.