It’s time!


Posted by JimAll on Wednesday, November 08, 2006 11:53 AM 156 Comments

It’s time!

 

jim

 

Posted by jrfree1


Whooo hooooo!

 

Posted by thurrott


Congrats! --Paul

 

Posted by byronhinson


Well done Jim and the Team

 

Posted by Robert McLaws: Windows Vista Edition


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

 

Posted by terri


I'd say "Time for what?" but the tag says it all!

Congratulations, Jim and the entire Vista team!

 

Posted by Tom Warren


Congratulations :)

 

Posted by Grav!ty


W00t!!

Congrats to all involved!!

 

Posted by Larry Osterman's WebLog


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

 

Posted by Fabio Rosolen


Good job. :)

 

Posted by camsoft


Great job Jim, Paul and the team!

 

Posted by gill


Congratulations Microsoft on the best OS ever made!

A job well done!

 

Posted by bluvg


Awesome!  Congratulations, Jim and the Windows team!

We'll miss you, Jim.  I was hoping I'd meet you one day--you're my favorite Microsoft exec.  Best of luck in retirement!  Keep us up to date on your music endeavors. :)

 

Posted by LORDPalma


Congrats from the Beta-Testers of Vista PT-BR (Brazillian).

 

Posted by Thomas Lebrun


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

 

Posted by Alexander Suhovey


Congratulations!

 

Posted by vistafan


Congratulations ! Greentings to Vista Development team for this great OS.

 

Posted by Michael's Security Talk


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

 

Posted by The things that are better left unspoken


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

 

Posted by joem


Alot of hard work.  I love it, and have been in the beta for sometime.  This is a great moment.  Now let keeping making Windows Better :)

-Medford

 

Posted by Master Devwi


Congratulations!  Vista is going to be great!  I can't wait for it's release!

 

Posted by TonyCubed


Congratulations guys,  If I was there and had the money, I would buy you all a drink! :P

- Tony

 

Posted by x(perts)64


It's official - Windows Vista released to manufacturing.

 

Posted by imskizzer


Congrats to all who made this release possible!

 

Posted by .: Daniel Melanchthon :.


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

 

Posted by Cybmat


Congratulations!

it's time !

--

Matthieu

 

Posted by jcw5002


Congratulations guys! I'm so incredibly excited for this!

 

Posted by Volkan


Congratulations and Thank you!

 

Posted by cr1t1cal


congratulations on all the hours and hard work u guys put into this. i cant wait to finally get my hands on this! thank's guys

 

Posted by Wictor Wilen


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

 

Posted by Kenneth Auchenberg


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

 

Posted by Kenneth Auchenberg


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

 

Posted by mcs.ireland.blog/infrastructure


 

Posted by Ken Cowan


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

 

Posted by Geeking Microsoft


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

 

Posted by JamesWeb


Congratulations! And thank you for all your work over the last five years. I can't wait to see (and hear!) the RTM build. Now get out there and drink your face of, Jim! Tonight is your night! :)

 

Posted by My tech world


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

 

Posted by jonno232


Congrats Microsoft! I am sure loads of IT pros are looking forward to using Vista including me! I will be testing it as soon as its posted on MSDN.

Cheers. :)

 

Posted by Dansays


Yaaay, Congratulations Microsoft!

 

Posted by Robert Burke's Weblog


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

 

Posted by Moe Ehmet


Congrats Microsoft ! I have been waiting for Windows 6.0 for 5 years !! THANK U !

 

Posted by Vics


Congratulations to everyone involved on this. It is the BEST Windows ever.

 

Posted by George Constanza


HURRY UP THURROTT! POST THE EXCLUSIVE NEWS!!!

 

Posted by Mike Ormond's WebLog


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

 

Posted by Jason Cox


Congrats to everyone on the team!

 

Posted by Network Access Protection (NAP)


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

 

Posted by Zeon


Wow!!!!

Vista Age is started!!!

 

Posted by microISV


 

Posted by microISV


 

Posted by session0


Congratulations Jim and to the whole Vista team!

 

Posted by Erika Ehrli


Windows Vista RTM is here!

 

Posted by Tiernans Comms Closet


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

 

Posted by mikkoj


Oh, crap.

 

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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... ;,-(

 

Posted by Satisfy Me


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

 

Posted by Analise


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

Paulo

 

Posted by AnXa


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

 

Posted by David Overton's Blog


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

 

Posted by Jan Ilacqua


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 :-)

 

Posted by STEFANO DEMILIANI


It's time!!!

 

Posted by mgillespie


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..

 

Posted by Keyvan Nayyeri


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

 

Posted by chandra


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

 

Posted by Alessandro Scardova


 

Posted by Michael


Congratulations!

 

Posted by Jane C


Excellent!!  

 

Posted by drenegar


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! :-)

 

Posted by Canadian IT Professionals


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

 

Posted by Jason Barile - Microsoft in Raleigh, NC


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

 

Posted by Katwa


Congrats Jim! all the best!!!!! It's time!

 

Posted by Portals & Integration blog


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

 

Posted by JoeFuture


SWEET!!!  Congratulations all on a job very well done.  

 

Posted by Alezito


Congratulations Jim !!!!!!!!!!!

--

Saludos,

Microsoft MVP-Windows

Trend Micro Power User Group

http://channel9.msdn.com/

http://www.dts-l.org

http://hive.net/

...be water,my friend.

 

Posted by Bildsoft


Compliments from Bildsoft!

You have done a really great work!

 

Posted by dikatlon


Congrats! You have sure worked hard for this.

Next time, do not give out a release date :)

*just a tip*

 

Posted by Goggles


Congrats to all at Microsoft for a great product.

Is there any chance Beta Testers will get a complimentary copy as happened with XP?

 

Posted by Alex Heaton


The UAC team posted their RTM announcement at http://blogs.msdn.com/uac/

 

Posted by mgillespie


I hope beta testers don't automatically get a free copy, I know several, and most of them can't be bothered with bug reporting, yet myself who got this via CTP, submitted hundreds.

Free copies should be based on the number and quality of bug reports..

 

Posted by gill


Congratulations from Gill Cleeren, Belgium!

 

Posted by VistaMaster


Congratulations to the Vista Team and its leaders.  Its been a LOOOONNNNNGGGGGG road and I am sure you are looking across a beautiful vista dreaming of sleep...

Amid the joy of the occasion, we must also say goodbye to an Architect of grand visions.  As a veteran and in the tradition of the U.S. Navy, "May you have fair winds and following seas"  

 

Posted by szapeboy


Congratulations from Hungary!

 

Posted by The Audio Fool


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

 

Posted by rieuwa


Well done from Cambridge, UK!

Just a word to say it has been a pleasure sharing our feedback with the wonderful team that have put so much of themselves into one of the largest software projects on the planet... January won't come soon enough!!!

 

Posted by danielmau


Congratulations!  

 

Posted by Gizmodo


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...

 

Posted by Karen


Congratulations! I can't wait to get a hold of Windows Vista. For the meantime, I'm just pretending I have a copy of it via Windows Blinds and Vista's Fonts. :)

You all have done one spankin' heck of a job. I also want to say that I love the Aero Look with the transparencies, the icons, and all the new little things it can do.

I plan on purchasing a new computer within the next 1-2 years and until then, I just can't wait!

Bravo to you all. You so rock!

 

Posted by BR SA


Jim and OS Team!

I'm very happy for your achieavement. As a beta tester I was able to see how rock solid your OS is for 25 years working with IT I am proud to say that Microsoft and OS development team Rocks.

 

Posted by Warren


Congratulations!

We've got what I think is a really good article put together on Wikipedia about the operating system, its history and features.  Hope it's of some use to people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista

 

Posted by zetomtom


Congratulations to you and all the Vista team !

As we would say in France, "Et c'est parti !"

Thomas

 

Posted by mike1123


Congratulations gents for a job will done.

Ive been running Vista 5744 and have not had a problem, the more I use Vista the more I like it.

 

Posted by milan


Grats! THE most interesting Windows EVER!

 

Posted by Weblog di Fabio Cozzolino


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

 

Posted by Ken.Robertson.Blog


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

 

Posted by Steve Lamb's Blog


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

 

Posted by Jaziel


*tears of joy*

sigh. good. wow.

 

Posted by Backstage at MED


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

 

Posted by javierRomero


Great news!!!

I'm waiting refreshing the MSDN suscribers page!

wow!

 

Posted by Alber1690


Take a deep breadth and release... Now, let's being the launch parties! I'm so excited! Great work Windows Vista team and Jim, such a history-making announcement...for the PC world at least...but again, Congrats!

 

Posted by thetoothpick


nice work guys!  Now that RTM is finished, is there any chance of you guys re-releasing RC2 for us enthusiasts?

 

Posted by newscientist2000


Congratulations to everyone on the Windows Vista Team :-)

I hope this means you guys are going to get at least some rest over the Christmas and New Year now, as this release is going to be BIG!

 

Posted by Donna's SecurityFlash


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