Microsoft Upgrades Vista Kernel in SP1

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday February 5, 2008 @05:04AM from the new-toys-for-your-tech dept.

KrispySausage writes "One of the big features discussed in early speculation of Windows Vista SP1 was the kernel upgrade, which was supposed to bring the operating system into line with the Longhorn kernel used in Windows Server 2008. With Vista SP1 going RTM, there hasn't been so much as a peep from Microsoft about the mooted kernel update. Has it happened? Well the answer is yes it has. Presumably the main reason for Microsoft's silence on the subject is that as they're keen to promote the improvements and enhancements to Vista, rather than placing emphasis on a kernel upgrade, which some people might see as a risk of newly-introduced instability."

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Re:What?! by plague3106 · 2008-02-05 05:25 · Score: 0, Flamebait

More to the point, how is the article titled "MS junks, replaces Vista kernel" when ou have a .0.0.1 increment?
Re:What?! by Anonymous Coward · 2008-02-05 05:39 · Score: 0, Flamebait

How the bloody hell does this make the front page? It gives the anti-MS monkeys another opportunity to bitch and moan about Microsoft and/or Vista. Look for the same old tired comments about DRM, and mini-reviews about Vista ending with the comment "so I installed Ubuntu and have never looked back".

Same old Slashdot. Same old shit.