I just saw an email that said that Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 have been sent off to manufacturing.

I know it has taken a long time and a lot of effort to get to this point and I am sure there are a lot of people in Redmond who are very relieved and probably celebrating with adult beverages.

I know I have been enjoying testing the betas and release candidates. Now I just have to wait for them to make those 1’s and 0’s so I can download the release version and start working with it on my production machine with the blessing of our IT department.