The developers signed off on it, Steve Sinofsky likes it, Ballmer is doing cartwheels, and Bill Gates must be pleased.

Ladies and gentlemen, the best ever versions of the Microsoft Windows client, known as Microsoft Windows 7, and the best version yet of Windows Server, the eponymous Windows Server 2008 R2, have been released to manufacturing, or RTM.

This is truly good news.

I have a task ahead of me once my super-secret copies of the RTM discs arrive: personally updating the systems I use, at the Orbiting O’Odua, at MedikLabs, and at my offices at Logikworx and LogikLabs.

My staff is waiting to do the same for our internal-use systems at Logikworx, and we are  going to have five businesses, representing our most bleeding edge of guinea pigs clients, ready to go with Windows 7 on Day 1 of public release.

Congratulations to Microsoft on this development. Special thanks to Steve Sinofsky and the entire Windows dev team.

More on this story as it develops.