On Monday Office 2007 went RTM and yesterday Vista went RTM. There will be other products that will RTM this month or in the next few months. No, I am not making any announcements here :) You can read other places about what is in each product and what the expected impact will be. I just wanted to take a step back and say that I am sure there are a lot of people at Microsoft who have worked very hard and are deservedly proud of their accomplishments. I don't think these products will be the end all and be all of software but I do think that they will fundamentally change the way that we work. I know that Vista with its security improvements will make it harder for the "bad guys" to do bad things to our computer. I am sure there will be bugs but I am hoping they will be few and far between and that the impact will be low. Office 2007 will change the way most of us work. From the new UI in the products to the enhancements in Outlook that most of us have open all day on our desktops I think in a few years we will look back and think to ourselves "how did we work with those old tools" much like the way I feel when I have to look at VB6 or Windows 2000 which were each pretty cutting edge when they came out.

I would like to thank the people at Microsoft who put in many long hours and did their best to give us products that will be stable and will help us be more productive. I hope that they met their goals and that we will be grateful and give them the credit that they deserve.