A recent entry on a Technet Blog has stated that Microsoft has delayed the release of Windows Server 2008 to manufacturing (RTM) from late this year to a launch event scheduled in Los Angeles, late in February 2008, the unnamed author states “we would rather spend a little more time to meet the high quality bar that our customers and partners deserve and expect.” The launch event will also feature Windows Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008.

Windows 2008 is currently in beta 3 testing and can be downloaded from the Microsoft website

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