Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Gets Delayed

Microsoft is no strange to delays, and the fact that Microsoft SQL Server 2008 got delayed shouldn't be a surprise. Now, I only wonder how did this happen? Were they too happy about the last financial report and "forgot" to complete their work? It really doesn't matter, as long as the outcome may hurt some of their clients more than Microsoft. Now, let's see the details of this story available at this time...

Previously, Microsoft announced that SQL Server 2008 should become available in the second quarter of the year, but now they got back to that statement, adding a quarter to the initial estimation. Since the original goal was to provide the next SQL Server edition between 24 and 36 months after SQL Server 2005, they may reach this goal even if SQL Server 2008 is released in the third quarter.

According to sources from the Redmond giant, the delay of SQL Server won't get in the way of the Visual Studio and Windows Server releases, scheduled for the 27th of February. "Our goal is to deliver the highest quality product possible and we simply want to use the time to meet the high bar that you, our customers, expect.", declared the company.

Hopefully, Visual Studio and Windows Server will managed to arrive and time and with as less bugs and security flaws as possible. These being said, let's bid Microsoft good luck and two software releases that arrive as scheduled, on the 27th of February, so that their largest business software concurrent release turns into reality!