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Microsoft say that SQL Server 2008 Needs More Time |
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Monday, 04 February 2008 |
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(04/Feb/08) Microsoft have delayed the planned release of SQL Server 2008 from the second quarter to the third, saying it needs more time to "meet the high bar" that users have come to expect on software quality.
Microsoft aren't sticking to the release schedule for SQL Server 2008 after all. The company had made timely shipping of the database upgrade a priority, after it took five years to develop SQL Server 2005. But they have now pushed the release date back from the second quarter of 2008 to the third. Francois Ajenstat, SQL Server marketing director, didn't explain the delay in a January 25 blog post, saying only that Microsoft's "goal is to deliver the highest-quality product possible." A "feature-complete" test version of SQL Server 2008 will be issued as part of the Feb. 27 launch of the database, Windows Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008, Ajenstat said. A "release candidate" will follow in Q2. And, he said, Microsoft is still on track to ship the database within three years of SQL Server 2005. |
