Only Microsoft could get away with launching a product that won't actually be released for another six months or so.
Was it just me, or was anyone else expecting a concurrent release of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008, and SQL Server 2008?
Turns out we were confused. What's been happening all around the world for the past several weeks at "Heroes Happen Here" events, is the launch of those three products, not the release.
Apparently, "launches" no longer have to coincide with "releases", as attested by Microsoft's announcement of the delayed release of SQL Server 2008, in a post on The Data Platform Insider blog on January 25, 2008.
That delay is no big deal, of course--SQL2005 is a fine product, and I think we'd all agree that a high-quality release is more important than a quick one. Just disappointing...especially to our Engineering and IT teams, who have their eyes on a couple of the juicier features.
As Joe Wilcox says on eWeek's Microsoft Watch, Microsoft doesn't need to rush, because those of us who license Microsoft products under their SPLA or annuity models are going to keep ponying up the cash in anticipation. The only possible downside may be the acquisition of MySQL by Sun. (Huh? A billion bucks for "free" software?)
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