Microsoft reaffirms SQL and Visual Studio deadlines
Published: 22 Aug 2005 17:35 BST
Microsoft next month intends to hand out pre-release versions of its oft-delayed database and flagship development toolkit.
The software giant plans to have a release candidate of Visual Studio 2005 and a community technology preview of SQL Server 2005 at its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles the week of 12 September — barring any production-related glitches, said Prashant Sridharan, lead product manager in Microsoft's developer division.
Sridharan added that both products will be available to all customers on 7 November, the latest delivery deadline for the products.
Developers will be able to use the products to build applications and get support from Microsoft, although the tools are likely to have a few remaining bugs, he said.
Also in September, Microsoft will release the third beta for the server component of the Visual Studio Team System collaborative programming application, which will ship in the first quarter of next year, Sridharan said.
Microsoft has struggled to meet its initial deadlines for Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005, having pushed out the delivery dates about one year.
A relatively small group of developers complained about the quality of the second beta of Visual Studio 2005 and requested that the company have a third beta and delay the product until next year.
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