Hi Folks,

We're a shop that is required to keep our clients at n-1. So I'm wondering,
and I can't find conclusive evidence, if SQL Server 2008 has been officially
released.
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Thanks,

Scott H.

SQL Server 2008 is not released yet. The latest stage is the CTP from
February 2008:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Announced for 2008 Q3 RTM, but no word on date.

HTH,

Plamen Ratchev
http://www.SQLStudio.com

Nope. It's still 2008.

According to this article, it's expected to be released in the third
quarter of 2008...

http://www.informationweek.com/news/...leID=205918999

But from my past experience, I wouldn't expect it until 2009. )
Ok, SQL 2005 was released in November 2005. Maybe it might be
available around the same timeframe in 2008?

"Scott H." <ScottH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:14E04925-D1D1-439D-9698-E785768B4BFD@microsoft.com...
> Hi Folks,
>
> We're a shop that is required to keep our clients at n-1.

To what purpose? Caution is not necessarily a bad thing, but SQL Server 2005
has been out for two and a half years and has had 2 service packs. Suppose
SQL Server 2008 is released in 12+ weeks time. Suppose that in the interim
there have been no new fixes released for 2005. What will you have gained by
denying your clients the benefit of the current, supported version of SQL
Server?

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David Portas

> To what purpose? Caution is not necessarily a bad thing, but SQL Server 2005
> has been out for two and a half years and has had 2 service packs. Suppose
> SQL Server 2008 is released in 12+ weeks time. Suppose that in the interim
> there have been no new fixes released for 2005. What will you have gained by
> denying your clients the benefit of the current, supported version of SQL
> Server?

I would be quicker to ask, what will you have lost? If SQL Server 2008 were
out now, I would be pushing my clients (and my employer) to upgrade
tomorrow. Too many things to take advantage of in the new version.

That said, there is a significant segment that always waits for SP1 or SP2
before they will upgrade *any* Microsoft product. :-)

Look what this would have gotten them if they had jumped on SQL 2005 right
after SP2 was released!! ouchie :-))

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Kevin G. Boles
Indicium Resources, Inc.
SQL Server MVP
kgboles a earthlink dt net


"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" <ten.xoc@dnartreb.noraa> wrote in message
news:C45224CC.48A2%ten.xoc@dnartreb.noraa...
>> To what purpose? Caution is not necessarily a bad thing, but SQL Server
>> 2005
>> has been out for two and a half years and has had 2 service packs.
>> Suppose
>> SQL Server 2008 is released in 12+ weeks time. Suppose that in the
>> interim
>> there have been no new fixes released for 2005. What will you have gained
>> by
>> denying your clients the benefit of the current, supported version of SQL
>> Server?
>
> I would be quicker to ask, what will you have lost? If SQL Server 2008
> were
> out now, I would be pushing my clients (and my employer) to upgrade
> tomorrow. Too many things to take advantage of in the new version.
>
> That said, there is a significant segment that always waits for SP1 or SP2
> before they will upgrade *any* Microsoft product. :-)
>

> Look what this would have gotten them if they had jumped on SQL 2005 right
> after SP2 was released!! ouchie :-))

Well, to be fair, the problems there were isolated to maintenance plans. I
don't use them (prefering more flexibility), so it wouldn't have been a big
issue for my company or most of my clients. I have one client that is using
them for a few of their systems but they did not jump on SP2 until long
after the fallout.

A