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Just a few hours ago, we officially RTM\u2019ed Windows Server 2008 and – as usual\u00a0– the team is now having a celebration with balloons, hot wings, drinks and speeches. As team members sign their names on\u00a0<\/i><\/b>a giant copy of the Windows Server 2008 DVD, I look around proudly and see more faces than I can name, shoulder to shoulder smiling with all my colleagues who have helped us get here today. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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And while the laughs and smiles fill the room with the excitement that this release brings to the team, our partners, and our customers, I can\u2019t help but have a complete mix of emotions flooding over me. <\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n
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I\u2019m excited to be part of the best Windows Server release that we have ever released. I\u2019m honored by the continual stream of messages in IM and email that I have been getting all day saying \u201ccongratulations.”\u00a0 I\u2019m filled with joy like a new father as we bring a new member into the family of Server products, and at the same time I am saddened. I am saddened by the feeling of loss, as people start moving on to new projects. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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It is now time to get the product into all of our customers’ and partners’ hands. I\u2019m looking forward to our launch event on Feb. 27 in Los Angeles and I know that it will be great.\u00a0 Today, I raise my glass to everyone in the room with a smiling tear to my eye and say I could not be more proud to work with a group of seasoned professionals like everyone here today and in few years everyone here can look back with pride and say \u201cI was part of Windows Server 2008.”<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\n
-Tom Hazel<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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