Microsoft Confirms: No Big Bang Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista

[Third Eye]

Windows Vista delivers high quality right out of the gate. This is Microsoft's perspective and one of the arguments behind the Redmond Company's new strategy associated with the release
of service packs for Vista. Michael Sievert, corporate VP for Windows marketing at Microsoft downplayed the relevance of the first service pack for Windows Vista, and confirmed the fact that Microsoft does not plan to issue a major refresh for the operating system.

“Will we continue to have service packs? Yes we will. But they have a different level of importance today as people get their updates in real-time using Windows Update,” Sievert explained during a conference with financial analysts on Monday.

Microsoft’s Stephen Toulouse, senior program manager for the Trustworthy Computing Group has stated as early as February that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 will be nothing more than a standard service pack, and in this context, not a repeat of Windows XP SP1 (30 MB) or SP2 (266 MB).

The Redmond Company has planned the first service pack for Windows Vista for the second half of 2006, but as of now, it is not delivering the actual date. Vista SP1 will include security updates and hotfixes and a performance boost. “Thanks to comprehensive pre-release testing and the immediacy of services like Windows Update, service packs are becoming less relevant as a milestone of a product’s maturity. It is too early to provide any firm date range for delivery,” Toulouse said.

Microsoft is laboring to convince customers to make the jump to Windows Vista prior to the first service pack. In this regard, the Redmond Company has applauded Windows Update and the Security Development Lifecycle as the pillars that ensure the high quality of the most secure Windows platform to date.

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[gxsaurav]

MS, just listen to all the forums of this world filled with shortcomings in Vista & fix them

1) Slow file copy in some cases & chipsets

2) No hardware acceleration of GDI+ App, due to which old app face tearing when resized. WPF apps do not.

[Possible]

"The Redmond Company has planned the first service pack for Windows Vista for the second half of 2006, but as of now, it is not delivering the actual date."

But didn't Vista release in like, the year 2007? Weird man, planning for an SP1 before you box it up ...

[shantanu]

its very clear that " there would be no big bang... " hey @gx arent you using SP1 beta ... there is no kernel re-write in this SP1.. coz it was just rumour that the kernel is been re-written... and only some fixes are there which were necessary... as GX said...

[kirangp]

hmmm....I just started using Vista yesterday & was blown away...Well right now I am not finding much faults except that UAC...Vista even boots faster than my XP Home on fresh install...And the next thing is they should provide some compatibilty for older hardware..Lets see what they do

[shantanu]

hey @kirangp .. what a Signature buddy!! great

[kirangp]

haha...thanx man...I have stopped negotiating man...well I was active in negotiations when I joined but when I got that signature I started keeping low profile with arguements...

[mediator]

That indeed is a very good news! Neways whats the difference between XP Service packs and Vista service packs? It says (below quoted)...Didn't Xp service packs have the same thing i.e security updates and hotfixes? !

Vista SP1 will include security updates and hotfixes and a performance boost.