SQL Server boss gives a sneak peek
eWeek | at | by Mike
With Microsoft Corp. coming off a major security push and moving headlong into its next major SQL Server release, code-named Yukon, eWEEK Senior Writer Matt Hicks recently sat down with the company's SQL Server Vice President Gordon Mangione at Microsoft's Redmond, Wash., offices. Mangione offered both a bird's eye view of what to expect in Yukon, due in 2003, and a deeper look at a revamped security push for SQL Server.
eWEEK: Microsoft is supposed to release a beta version this year of Yukon. Where does that stand?
Mangione: Yukon is a big release. I mean there's no ifs, ands or buts about it. The team's rolled off our whole security initiative-for SQL Server 2000 and Yukon. We'll be coding for most of this year, and you'll see us into beta early next year.