It’s time!

It’s time!

 

jim


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  1. Posted on: November 08, 2006 at 2:25PM  

    Oh, crap.

  2. Posted on: November 08, 2006 at 2:25PM  

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    WAY TO GO GUYs!! JIM I just hope you reverse your decision to retire and stay back a bit longer - You can't imagine how much we will miss you if you retire... ;,-(

  3. Posted on: November 08, 2006 at 2:26PM  

    Congratulations, to all people involved in this long and continuous project! Long life to VISTA! ...from  a Portuguese tester.

    Paulo

  4. Posted on: November 08, 2006 at 2:29PM  

    Congratulations!!!! Take a rest now! :D Longlive Vista! Alea jacta est!!

  5. Posted on: November 08, 2006 at 2:32PM  

    Thank you, Jim, for all your hard work on this great operating system. Those of us who have been on the Vista Beta testing are very proud to have been a part of the team in making this program a stellar point in software history.

    You did good, Jim :-)

  6. Posted on: November 08, 2006 at 2:33PM  

    OK, clock starts NOW. MSDN have promised RTM download Vista witin 7 days, so thats Midday on te 15th October 2006.

    and 13th October for Office 2K7

    Who wants to bet money that the MSDN team let us down, as they usually do..  I can pretty much guarentee it..

  7. Posted on: November 08, 2006 at 2:45PM  

    Congratulations on reaching RTM of Windows Vista. I wish you well in your retirement.

  8. Posted on: November 08, 2006 at 2:48PM  

    Congratulations!

  9. Posted on: November 08, 2006 at 2:52PM  

    Excellent!!  

  10. Posted on: November 08, 2006 at 2:52PM  

    Excellent news! Cheers to everyone involved! As a beta tester I look forward to seeing the product in stores January 30th. Can't wait for the next beta! :-)

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  1. Posted by: Robert McLaws: Windows Vista Edition on November 08, 2006 at 1:34PM

    WOO HOO! Jim Allchin announced today that Windows Vista's FINALLY in the can! In a video posted to the

  2. Posted by: Larry Osterman's WebLog on November 08, 2006 at 1:40PM

    I was working in building 50, the SCP project was clearly approaching it's end-of-life, and I was casting

  3. Posted by: Thomas Lebrun on November 08, 2006 at 1:42PM

    Tout le monde s'y attendait mais c'est maintenant officiel cat Jim Allchin vient de poster la nouvelle

  4. Posted by: Michael's Security Talk on November 08, 2006 at 1:46PM

    Mein Kollege Daniel Melanchthon und ich sitzen zwischen diversen Umzugskartons in unserem gemeinsamen

  5. Posted by: The things that are better left unspoken on November 08, 2006 at 1:47PM

    Microsoft Windows Vista reached Release to Manufacturing (RTM) status today !

  6. Posted by: x(perts)64 on November 08, 2006 at 1:51PM

    It's official - Windows Vista released to manufacturing.

  7. Posted by: .: Daniel Melanchthon :. on November 08, 2006 at 1:51PM

    Damit ist auch das V von LOVE fertig gestellt. Jim Allchin hat mit einem lässigen Kommentar auf dem Windows

  8. Posted by: Wictor Wilen on November 08, 2006 at 1:57PM

    "It's time!", says it all from Jim Allchin. The long wait is over for Windows Vista.

  9. Posted by: Kenneth Auchenberg on November 08, 2006 at 1:57PM

    Hej folkens Så skete det, som vi har fået og ventet på rigtig rigtig rigtig læææænnggee! Windows Vista

  10. Posted by: Kenneth Auchenberg on November 08, 2006 at 1:58PM

    Hej folkens Så skete det, som vi har fået og ventet på rigtig rigtig rigtig læææænnggee! Windows Vista

  11. Posted by: Ken Cowan on November 08, 2006 at 2:00PM

    Contratulations! JimAll just said it: It's time KC

  12. Posted by: Geeking Microsoft on November 08, 2006 at 2:00PM

    From Paul Donnelly, part of the Microsoft Vista Product Team to Windows Vista beta testers: I'm excited...

  13. Posted by: My tech world on November 08, 2006 at 2:01PM

    Jim Allchin says It's Time - for Vista that is (RTM baby!!!). If you see someone from the Windows Vista

  14. Posted by: Robert Burke's Weblog on November 08, 2006 at 2:03PM

    This just in, from Jim Allchin's post on the Windows Vista Team blog : IT'S TIME!

  15. Posted by: Mike Ormond's WebLog on November 08, 2006 at 2:06PM

    Yep, Office has released to manufacturing and .NET Fx 3.0 is available for download . These are both

  16. Posted by: Network Access Protection (NAP) on November 08, 2006 at 2:11PM

    Woo-hoo!!!!! Vista has released to manufacturing! Read about it here and here . Cheers! Jeff Sigman NAP

  17. Posted by: microISV on November 08, 2006 at 2:11PM
  18. Posted by: microISV on November 08, 2006 at 2:14PM
  19. Posted by: Erika Ehrli on November 08, 2006 at 2:22PM

    Windows Vista RTM is here!

  20. Posted by: Tiernans Comms Closet on November 08, 2006 at 2:22PM

    Windows Vista has RTMed! Thats now how many RTMs this week? Office, WinFX/.NEt3.0 and now Vista! Congrads...

  21. Posted by: Satisfy Me on November 08, 2006 at 2:26PM

    Computerworld reports that Windows Vista is done and released to manufacturing... gotta love the press.

  22. Posted by: David Overton's Blog on November 08, 2006 at 2:30PM

    The product is finished, millions of downloads, 60,000 machines in Microsoft, a huge amount of feedback

  23. Posted by: STEFANO DEMILIANI on November 08, 2006 at 2:33PM

    It's time!!!

  24. Posted by: Keyvan Nayyeri on November 08, 2006 at 2:42PM

    Yes, it hits RTM (read Jim Alchin's short announcement on his blog) to change our world. I don't know

  25. Posted by: Canadian IT Professionals on November 08, 2006 at 2:56PM

    So I am sitting in Redmond for MS-101 (you'll hear more about this next week) and someone just popped

  26. Posted by: Jason Barile - Microsoft in Raleigh, NC on November 08, 2006 at 2:57PM

    Congratulations Jim and everyone who worked hard on Vista over the years! http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2006/11/08/it-s-time.asp

  27. Posted by: Portals & Integration blog on November 08, 2006 at 2:59PM

    Earlier this week they RTM'ed office 2007 and a lot of other products, now they just announced the

  28. Posted by: The Audio Fool on November 08, 2006 at 3:47PM

    As you've almost certainly heard by now, we've finished. Windows Vista has shipped , and our mantle has

  29. Posted by: Gizmodo on November 08, 2006 at 4:17PM

    Despite all the talk of missing ship dates and possible delays, the Microsoft Vista team has gotten their OS gold. *clap clap* Good for you guys. Windows chief Jim Allchin posted a cryptic message this morning to his blog that...

  30. Posted by: Weblog di Fabio Cozzolino on November 08, 2006 at 5:44PM

    Windows Vista è in RTM (Released To Manufactured). Ebbene sì, è stata rilasciata ai partner la versione

  31. Posted by: Ken.Robertson.Blog on November 08, 2006 at 5:47PM

    Come back from lunch and find out that Vista has apparently RTM'd . Good stuff! I've been using Vista

  32. Posted by: Steve Lamb's Blog on November 08, 2006 at 6:05PM

    I'm delighted to be able to post the great news (for Windows fans at least!) that Windows Vista was released

  33. Posted by: Backstage at MED on November 08, 2006 at 7:12PM

    as Jim plainly puts it : It's time. I'm sure everybody has been mailbombed by this news so I'll just

  34. Posted by: Donna's SecurityFlash on November 08, 2006 at 7:47PM

    Mr. Jim Allchin said " It's time! . Vista Team blog announced the release of Windows Vista to

  35. Posted by: Richard G. Harper - Microsoft Windows Support and More on November 08, 2006 at 9:20PM

    Well, seems that 'tis the season, all right. Microsoft Office 2007 was released to manufacturing

  36. Posted by: Ward Pond's SQL Server blog on November 08, 2006 at 9:29PM

    Lest I be accused of myopia in the wake of the SQL Server 2005 SP2 CTP announcement , I'd be remiss if

  37. Posted by: Canadian Developers on November 08, 2006 at 11:06PM

    The news you have heard is correct - Vista has RTM-ed! I was sitting in a classroom at the Microsoft

  38. Posted by: Claudio Brotto on November 09, 2006 at 12:39AM

    Mancava "lui". Eccolo. Windows Vista in RTM. It's time !