FYI...
Both Win32::GetOSName and Sys::Info return "WinVista", not "Win2008".
The only way I've been able to determine if the system I'm on is Windows 2008 is by running that really long script using Win32::OLE in the example at the top of the thread.
I guess I'll just stick with that one for the time being. Thank you to all who replied!!! Mark