According to a Microsoft statement, it is delaying the release of its forthcoming SQL Server database and its Visual Studio.Net development tool, in a move that could deprive customers of upgrades they already purchased.
The company said Wednesday that it has decided to push out to the first half of 2005 the delivery of the next major edition of SQL Server, code-named Yukon, and a closely related update to Visual Studio.Net, called Whidbey. Until recently, the company had said that both products would ship by the end of this year. This also strengthens the concerns that Longhorn may have slipped to to 2007...
More info at http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5172166.html, and also read Mary Jo Foley's analysis of the domino effect of these delays at http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1546542,00.asp
Posted by admin at March 10, 2004 11:29 PM