Vista Roadmap

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Hi,

are there any information on a vista roadmap, ie. when is SP1 scheduled?

Best regards,
Maciej
 
Service Pack for Vista should show up on this page.
As for when, best rumor is with the release of Longhorn Server near the end
of this year.
 
Jupiter Jones [MVP] spake thusly on 1/18/2007 4:57 PM:
Service Pack for Vista should show up on this page.
As for when, best rumor is with the release of Longhorn Server near the
end of this year.
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Define "this page" please.
 
Maciej So³tysiak spake thusly on 1/18/2007 4:45 PM:
Hi,

are there any information on a vista roadmap, ie. when is SP1 scheduled?
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I expect there won't be any service packs for Vista.

However, there will be "Technical Refreshes"

Refreshing eh?
 
Vista SP1 should release at the end of this year. It is tied to the release
of Longhorn Server because they share the same codebase. Longhorn will
release at service pack level 1.
 
Colin Barnhorst spake thusly on 1/18/2007 8:24 PM:
Vista SP1 should release at the end of this year. It is tied to the
release of Longhorn Server because they share the same codebase.
Longhorn will release at service pack level 1.
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Hummm...

Let's try this again...

I expect there won't be any service packs for Vista.

However, there will be "Technical Refreshes"

Refreshing eh?
 
I don't see a technical refresh on the horizon, but there will be an SP1 and
there may be an R2 if MS decides to add major features like support for
virtualization technology to the client kernel. That is planned for Server
about six months after Longhorn goes Gold but no decision has been made as
yet about including it in Vista at the same time. If such a decision is
made it could result in a Vista R2 towards the end of 2008.
 
Colin Barnhorst spake thusly on 1/19/2007 11:35 AM:
I don't see a technical refresh on the horizon, but there will be an SP1
and there may be an R2 if MS decides to add major features like support
for virtualization technology to the client kernel. That is planned for
Server about six months after Longhorn goes Gold but no decision has
been made as yet about including it in Vista at the same time. If such
a decision is made it could result in a Vista R2 towards the end of 2008.
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OK, I'll try it this way.:

I AM MAKING FUN OF THIS NEW TERM "TECHNICAL REFRESH" TERM THAT MICROSOFT
HAS COINED.

I first noticed it with the "Office 2007 Beta Technical Refresh" (which
amounted to a download the size of the original program if I'm not
mistaken - not unlike a SERVICE PACK).

So I'm alluding to the fact that Microsoft May dump the term "service
pack" in favor of "technical refresh".
 
Scott said:
Hummm...

Let's try this again...
I expect there won't be any service packs for Vista.
However, there will be "Technical Refreshes"
Refreshing eh?
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Isn't "Technical Refresh" a Microsoft's term for updates to beta software
only?

Oh, wait... Now I see what do you mean. Beta, eh? :-)
 
That term is at least several years old.
And I am not sure if Microsoft started it.
 
Sorry about that, Scott. I have heard "technical refresh" for a number of
years so I didn't pick up on your humor.
 
Colin Barnhorst said:
I don't see a technical refresh on the horizon, but there will be an SP1
and there may be an R2 if MS decides to add major features like support for
virtualization technology to the client kernel.
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Are UI changes/improvments subject to change in SP or R2?
I mean there are a few places where the UI either lacks something or
something
clearly not comfortable to use.

Regards,
Maciej
 
New functionality is not introduced in a service pack. Service packs are
rollups of security patchs, updates, and fine tuning. When major
fuctionality is added to the OS Microsoft prefers to call it a Release Two
and R2's are not free.

XP SP2 really qualified as an R2 (it involved an extensive recompilation of
part of the kernel and lots of new functionality) but since it was very
security oriented MS decided to call it a service pack and not charge for
it. Obviously they were far more concerned about the security angle and
didn't want to put any barriers in the way of users upgrading.
 
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