The new Microsoft: Ahead of schedule
WinInfo | at | by Mike
Remember the "old" Microsoft, you know, the one that would promise products at a certain time and then deliver them months or even years later? The Microsoft of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and WinFS? You know those guys. Well, that Microsoft may be coming to an end, if I'm reading the tea leaves correctly. In the last week alone, everyone's favorite recalcitrant monopolist actually delivered two major product milestones well ahead of schedule, and I'm surprised this hasn't gotten more press. First, after a nearly silent beta program, the company released Office 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) over a month ahead of schedule.