Microsft ships Windows Server 2008 with SP1
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Microsoft release of Windows Server 2008 was marked by an unusual move to include SP1 with the initial release. Actually, the server ships as SP1.... They said:
(...) the goal of an SP1 release isn't to create confusion; it's to converge the paths of Windows Server 2008 with Windows Vista. "This means the that the Service Packs are shared, that patches get released at the same time, etc etc.," (...) Microsoft Server 2008 and Windows Vista share the same code base and were developed in tandem-at least initially. But due to a push to get Vista out to market faster, the two products' development diverged.
According to Gartner, there is no need to wait for Windows Server 2008 SP2:
For client computing, a main reason to wait for Vista's SP1 is to allow time for the third-party application ecosystem to develop, according to Enck. That's not the case for server operating systems, which have a smaller set of software and partners. "After Windows 2000, Microsoft did major work on their development practices," he says. "They brought in very impressive testing and integration" that leads to a stable release, so Enck believes there's no need to wait for SP2.
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Microsoft release of Windows Server 2008 was marked by an unusual move to include SP1 with the initial release. Actually, the server ships as SP1.... They said:
(...) the goal of an SP1 release isn't to create confusion; it's to converge the paths of Windows Server 2008 with Windows Vista. "This means the that the Service Packs are shared, that patches get released at the same time, etc etc.," (...) Microsoft Server 2008 and Windows Vista share the same code base and were developed in tandem-at least initially. But due to a push to get Vista out to market faster, the two products' development diverged.
According to Gartner, there is no need to wait for Windows Server 2008 SP2:
For client computing, a main reason to wait for Vista's SP1 is to allow time for the third-party application ecosystem to develop, according to Enck. That's not the case for server operating systems, which have a smaller set of software and partners. "After Windows 2000, Microsoft did major work on their development practices," he says. "They brought in very impressive testing and integration" that leads to a stable release, so Enck believes there's no need to wait for SP2.
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