Basic new infromation about windows server 2008 and vista

Last week windows vista and windows server 2008 service pack 2. we initially made it available for technet and msdn. today available to anyone interested in testing sp2 for windows vista nds server 2008 prior to final release. customer can download the windows vista and windows server 2008 service pack 2 RC.
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 will be the next version of the Windows Server operating system from Microsoft. Building on the features and capabilities of the current Windows Server 2008 release version, Windows Server 2008 R2 allows you to create organization solutions that are easier to plan, deploy, and manage than previous versions of Windows Server. Developing upon the increased security, reliability, and performance provided by Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 extends connectivity and control to local and remote resources. This means your organizations can benefit from reduced costs and increased efficiencies gained through enhanced management and control over resources across the enterprise.Evaluate Windows Server 2008 R2 RC (available in English, German, French, Spanish and Japanese) by downloadable ISO format. Editions for evaluation include Datacenter, Enterprise, Standard and Web.
Microsoft's new entry-level server edition, Windows Server 2008 Foundation, is aimed squarely at Linux, and the software giant says its "simplicity" is expected to give it the edge over Linux as the choice server OS for the small business segment. By competing with Linux on a lower price point and touting Windows' familiar interface, Microsoft said it hopes to make both servers and its server OS an easy choice for small businesses looking to deploy a server. Each server, preloaded with the OS, will cost below S$1,500 (US$1,029).
The word server is used widely in information technology. Consider the multiplatform software known as the "Apache HTTP Server". This software runs on many modern computers which may not normally be called servers but the host computer is also a server. Specifically, the combination of the hardware computer and the Apache software can be called a web server. the hardware sense, the word server typically designates computer models intended for running software applications under the heavy demand of a network environment. In this client-server configuration one or more machines, either a computer or a computer appliance share information with each other with one acting as a host for the other.