Will SQL Server 2008 slip again?
ENT News | at | by Mike
Microsoft's announcement that it will release SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 this summer raises the question: What's the status of SQL Server 2008? Officially, it's still on track to be released to manufacturing in the third quarter, and Microsoft officials say nothing has changed on that front. But some say they won't be surprised if the RTM actually slips again into the fourth quarter.
"The rumors I hear still say August or September," said Andrew Brust, when he was posed the question at last month's NYC .NET User Group meeting in New York. Brust is chief of new technology at twentysix New York and founder of the NYC .NET User Group. But, he added, "my gut [feeling], just judging by the stability of the latest CTP, is that it's going to get pushed back another quarter."