Kurt Shintaku's Blog

Today, Gartner posted a positive blog on the availability of Windows Vista and 2007 Office system:

In a congratulatory manner, Gartner credits Microsoft for being on target to RTM both products this month and GA at the end of January.   Gartner points out its past prediction that Windows Vista would be late, and says:

“Microsoft will beat our prediction by a month… we will congratulate Microsoft as they hit their dates.”   

In addition, Gartner calls the shipping of Windows Vista and Office 2007 an “important milestone for their customers.”   Mike goes on to encourage customers to continue their deployment testing, highlighting tools such as ACT and Windows Update, explaining that “Microsoft beat the expectations of many in the industry, so the rest of the ecosystem is still catching up.” 

Finally Gartner recommends that companies don’t wait for SP1 to begin deploying, and acknowledges Microsoft Update for providing most of the fixes before SP1 ships.

Read more at http://vista.blog.gartner.com/blog/index.php?blogid=19.