Microsoft: Vista SP2, Windows Server SP2 betas Thursday
BetaNews | at | by Mike
Not one half-hour after Microsoft responded to BetaNews' inquiry, the company reversed its position, effectively announcing that the first public betas of Vista SP2 not in February, but next Thursday.
The word of a December 4 public beta release officially came from Microsoft Vice President Mike Nash at 4:23 pm this afternoon, moments after our story about rumors of a Q1 2009 beta release went live.
"Beginning Thursday Dec. 4th, we will be making the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Beta available to everyone through a Customer Preview Program," Nash wrote. "The CPP will launch on TechNet and be available to anyone interested in trying out this service pack."Nash went on to say the SP2 updates will include support for "new types of hardware and emerging standards that will grow in importance in the coming months."