The much lauded 'second half of July' release to manufacturing (RTM) of Windows 7 has happened as predicted. MS seem very pleased with themselves, and so they should be. October 22nd is the official release date, though Partners, Developers and OEMs will get their hands on the RTM release over the next couple of months.

Also announced is the RTM of Windows 2008 R2. I'm looking forward to deploying desktops and servers with both RTM versions as soon we get to look at it at work.