It's great to see Vista release. I spent a lot of time working on WPF, which I believe is one of the core parts of the new Vista experience. The Avalon team, depending on how much of the organization you include, peaked at around 250 people, with another 250 people working in the "Windows Client Platform and Documents" team that Avalon was part of. It was a massive effort. The overall team built features ranging from the XPS document format, the desktop window manager, WPF, and the Windows Imaging Components (WIC) - to name just a few.

I'm proud of what this team accomplished, and I'm extremely proud to have been part of that team.

Congratulations to everyone who contributed to this release. I know we would have all liked to see it get out the door before now, but we have a lot to be proud of.

... now, let's get back to work and make it even better!