SQL Server as a Data Platform . . . Finally

In my August 2007 editorial “Too Soon for SQL Server 2008?” (InstantDoc ID 96028), I claimed that many businesses running SQL Server as their database platform wouldn’t be ready to migrate to SQL Server 2008. I still think that Microsoft’s SQL Server release schedule isn’t giving its customers time to catch up, but I have to admit that I haven’t found anything negative about the upcoming release. In fact, SQL Server 2008 is the destination that previous SQL Server versions have been working toward.

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