Former Windows chief Jim Allchin, co-president, Platforms & Services Division, considered Windows XP SP2 the equivalent of a fully fledged Windows release, but certainly much more than a service pack. Allchin retired from Microsoft just as Windows Vista hit the shelves in January 2007, and there are no doubts that the current Windows client is a major release. However, word is still out on the next iteration of Windows. Ward Ralston, group product manager Windows Server, already confirmed t