Microsoft-inspired proposal to be voted on this weekend
Microsoft restricting downloads of updates to its own sites
Completed Vista SP1 set to ship in early 2008; Windows XP SP3 also due next year
How will delay affect products built on the server?
Microsoft software key component of its Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI)
Change comes as Microsoft is gearing up to ship Windows Server 2008 early next year and Linux servers grow in popularity
Acquisition puts IBM in competition with Cisco and Microsoft.
