Microsoft is preparing a SP2 for Vista. Nothing really new there. And they aim to deliver it before Windows 7 is released. Um, no real surprises there either. In fact, we would have been surprised if Windows 7 came out before SP2.

This will also extend to an SP2 for Windows Server 2008 (keep in mind that there was no SP1 for Windows Server 2008 – that will be skipped so as to avoid confusion – Ars Technica explains why).

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Yes, the Vista capable case continues to cost both sides thousands and thousands of dollars. Ahhhh – it’s a good time to be a lawyer. (Here’s our earlier coverage that explains what the case is about.)

As Joseph Tartakoff updates us, the discussion has now moved to whether Windows Update is a good medium to send out notifications to potential class members. This has got to be one of the biggest fucking jokes in a long time.

But don’t worry this joke has a lot of mileage left. The legal bill for this will be in the tens of millions and at the end no one will come out at all happy. Microsoft will have learnt a costly lesson in being lax with their marketing – and keep in mind this was just silly little sticker on machines.

And if you’re having trouble getting to sleep at night, just take a few pages of the court filing to bed with you – this little number had us snoozing in no time.

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