Kicking and Screaming I am Bloggin

Today the long awaited RTM (Release To Manufacture) of SBS 2008 formerly know as Cougar is a reality.

This marks a major milestone in SMB technology as we wave goodbye to 32 bit technology and welcome in the new world of mainstream 64 bit technology. Years of effort have gone in to building this long awaited upgrade to the almost 6 year old SBS 2003 product base.

This new release is going to make adoption of SBS so much easier for folks moving from P2P whether they are a DIYer or were smart enough to hire a pro from the get go. Either way I am betting the adoption rate for SBS doubles over the next 12 months even in the tight economy. This is by far the easiest OOBE (Out Of Box Experience) for SBS since its inception. A little harder of a sale to existing SBS 2003 customers since 2003 was such a great product, there is no ”I just have to have this today” but there are a lot of cool new things SBS 2008 not the least of which is the new image based backup. 

I want to publicly congratulate the entire SBS team on a job well done, SBS still Rocks!

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