Windows Vista Has Shipped

sailhs writes: Today in the morning, Windows Vista was shipped to manufacturer. This means that all the code is locked and that the CDs will be shortly printed. According to Jim Allchin, the co-president of Microsoft's Platforms & Services Division, "The software will be available in stores and on personal computers on Jan. 30". A very honest overview of Windows Vista is given by Michael Howard, who is a security Program Manager in Microsoft, and says that "Is Windows Vista perfect? er, no! Will it have security bugs? Yes. But I really think the operating system raises the security bar substantially, and does so in a way that is pretty transparent to customers, and that's critical."