Microsoft delays SQL Server 2008

SRTDodge05 · 01-28-2008, 11:49 AM

MICROSOFT has followed up its policy of delaying key products this time with Windows SQL Server.
The Vole promised man plus dog that SQL Server 2008 would be out in the second quarter of this year. Now it seems that it thinks SQL 2008 is still half-baked and will not be cooked until the third quarter.
In a Volish Bog, Microsoft tried to put the best spin on the situation claiming that over the coming months, customers and partners can look forward to significant “product milestones” for SQL Server. All very well but product milestones are not the real thing.

Microsoft delays SQL Server 2008 - The INQUIRER

TQ · 01-28-2008, 12:54 PM

I've always wondered about the origin of the term "The Vole", what it means and why it's applied to Microsoft.

Turns out it means "any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows" and was originally applied to Microsoft by The Inquirer some years ago.

I have a Screech Owl that lives in my backyard. My yard has been conspicuously free of voles since his arrival.

**k0NG0** · 01-28-2008, 01:27 PM

"Many believe that using Microsoft software helps feed a Giant Vole currently kept in a secure basement in the Seattle area. Once the Vole reaches critical mass it could devour half the western world, many fear."

01-28-2008, 11:49 AM	#1
SRTDodge05 Grab Life By The Balls Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 7,835	Microsoft delays SQL Server 2008 MICROSOFT has followed up its policy of delaying key products this time with Windows SQL Server. The Vole promised man plus dog that SQL Server 2008 would be out in the second quarter of this year. Now it seems that it thinks SQL 2008 is still half-baked and will not be cooked until the third quarter. In a Volish Bog, Microsoft tried to put the best spin on the situation claiming that over the coming months, customers and partners can look forward to significant “product milestones” for SQL Server. All very well but product milestones are not the real thing. Microsoft delays SQL Server 2008 - The INQUIRER
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01-28-2008, 12:54 PM	#2
TQ You gonna throw that? Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 8,442	Re: Microsoft delays SQL Server 2008 I've always wondered about the origin of the term "The Vole", what it means and why it's applied to Microsoft. Turns out it means "any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows" and was originally applied to Microsoft by The Inquirer some years ago. I have a Screech Owl that lives in my backyard. My yard has been conspicuously free of voles since his arrival. __________________ Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me - Psalm 51:10 My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dogs already think I am... Daywalker Studio: Software: Adobe Audition 3.0/Pro Tools LE 7.4/Acid Pro 6.0/Multiple VST, DirectX and RTAS plugins/Kontakt 3 Sampler/Windows XP Professional PC Hardware: D975XBX2-504/E6600/4x2GB Mushkin XP2-6400/eVGA 800GTX/HP f1905 19" flat panel/Echo Audio Gina24 Sound Card/2 Maxtor 6B300SO's/1 Maxtor STM500AS/1 Western Digital WD2500JD/PleXwriter Premium/Plextor 716A/Samsung LightScribe DVD burner/Logitech Revolution MX/Antec P-180b/PPC&C Silencer 610/Zalman CNPS9500 HSF Recording Hardware: Mbox 2 Factory Pro/Mackie SR24.4VLZ Pro Console/M-Audio Axiom 25 MIDI Controller/Audio-Technica 4033a microphone/Symetrix 528E/PreSonus Eureka/Mackie MR8 active monitors Game Machine: Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6/E8400/4x2GB Mushkin XP2-8500/BFG GTX280/HP f2105 21" flat panel/Creative Labs X-Fi Elite Pro/Maxtor 6H500F0/Maxtor STM3320/Western Digital WD4000KD/Plextor 760A/Toshiba DVD-ROM/Zalman CNPS9700/Antec P-180/PPC&C Silencer 610/Ideazon Merc Stealth keyboard/Vista Business64 SP1
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01-28-2008, 01:27 PM	#3
k0NG0 Remembering TQ Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sweden Posts: 13,750	Re: Microsoft delays SQL Server 2008 "Many believe that using Microsoft software helps feed a Giant Vole currently kept in a secure basement in the Seattle area. Once the Vole reaches critical mass it could devour half the western world, many fear." __________________ Use Firefox - "the one that blocks all the schmutz" Feeling multicore elation? Remember this correlation: Amdahl's Law.
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