In an unusual move for Microsoft, “Windows Server 2008 is actually being released as Server 2008 SP1,” J. Peter Bruzzese reports. “The RTM just went out, and Server 2008 is really impressive.”Even still, most IT shops expect some lag time between the final release and the first Service Pack that is, after all, what fixes many of the initial edition’s problems once companies uncover them by actually using the software. But, he adds in Microsoft turns Server 2008 RTM into Server 2008 SP1, that Microsoft has a reason. “Being that Vista and Server 2008 have the same architectural base, the idea is that an SP1 for Vista is an SP1 for Server,” Bruzzese writes. That said, is it a good idea? And, more important, will IT treat it as a first service pack or an initial release? Talkback below or via the above story link. Software Development