Probably because of my involvement with the "Longhorn" Academy and Windows Server User Group Ireland, I was called by one of the MS marketing folks looking for quotes on Windows Server 2008 for a press release – the server OS is being released to manufacturing later today according to her.
What does that mean? It means that MS subscription holders with rights to download Windows Server will soon be able to download it ina few days. MSDN and TechNet customers will be able to download it in a few weeks.
The timing is nice because Windows Vista SP1 was strongly rumoured to be going live today too. Both of these SP’s go hand-in-hand.