Indications are that, at this point in time, the Redmond company has already stopped including updates into Vista SP1, as the service pack approaches RTM. This is of course valid only for a portion of all the contents that Vista SP1 will bring to the table.Īdditionally, Microsoft is already in the final stages of development with the service pack for Vista and, at a certain point, the company will stop integrating updates released via WU into SP1. In fact, the service pack will be merely a repetition of the updates already shipped. Updates boosting functionality, performance, reliability, compatibility and stability dropped via WU long before Vista SP1. This move was made as an illustrative example that the inherent benefits associated with Vista SP1 could be enjoyed in advance of the service pack. Throughout 2007, Microsoft has served bits and pieces of Service Pack 1 to Windows Vista users via Windows Update. This is why increased emphasis was placed on the continuous evolution of the service pack ahead of Vista SP1. Of course that the main reason for trying to shift consumer attention away from Vista SP1 was the need to ship its latest Windows operating system, ahead of its first major refresh. Although the service pack strategy has become a tradition for Microsoft, the future points to a shift toward Windows Update.Ĭoncomitantly with the advent of Windows Vista, the Redmond company started downplaying the relevance of service pack releases and pointing to Windows Update.
A migration from a strategy focused on delivering major updates for its software products to one centered on an incremental evolution. The Redmond company is currently in a transition process, subtle as it might be. Although it is on the verge of releasing the first service pack for Windows Vista, Microsoft has not stopped hammering away at the operating system via Windows Update.
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