Contrary to what this link implied, the MOSS 2007 SP1 package installed without issue in Windows 2008; I suspect that Windows Server 2008 Release (or installation package I used) met the WSS 3.0 requirement; the article was based on Windows 2008 beta. The only adventure with this install will be in configuration - not so much because it isn't documented as much as there are so many options (trying to find configurations in Central Administration).

The first time running SharePoint Central Administration a task list will be displayed.  While launching "Incoming e-mail settings" I received a dialog indicating that SMTP services was not installed.  To Install SMTP I had to do the following:

CONFIGURE SMTP

1. Load Server Manager
2. Select Features
3. Add Features
4. Select SMTP

In IIS 7.0 Manager I had to do the following to configure it

1. Select SharePoint - 80 site
2. Double-click SMTP E-mail
3. I configured the E-mail information as applicable

To configure my Window Server 2008 SharePoint for access to my Solution Development Management System (SDMS) from the internet I did the following:
http://dev.global-webnet.net/SDMS

CONFIGURE SHAREPOINT FOR ANONYMOUS ACCESS

1. Central Administration
2. Application Management
3. Authentication Providers (under Application Security)
4. Select the applicable "Web Application"
5. Select applicable zone
6. Check "Enable anonymous access"

CONFIGURE SHAREPOINT FOR EXTERNAL (INTERNET) ACCESS

1. Central Administration
2. Alternate access Mappings (under Global Configuration)
3. Select sharepoint site from "Alternate Access Mapping Collection" dropdown
4. Edit Public URLs
5. Input and save your public Internet address

To be continued....