Users willing to wait for 'Yukon,' Whidbey'
eWeek | at | by Mike
Microsoft users, developers and partners are tired of product delays but said they are willing to wait for the company's newest database and development tools platforms-if it means better software as a result.
Officials for the Redmond, Wash., vendor said the next upgrades of SQL Server, code-named Yukon, and of Visual Studio, code-named Whidbey, are being pushed back from a late-2003 target release to the first half of next year. The issue is simply an "update to the schedule," said Ari Bixhorn, Visual Studio lead product manager, in an interview with eWEEK. Bixhorn said the update is due to feedback from users and developers who got early-access bits of code since the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference last fall. "We've had an extremely successful feedback loop; that's what's driving the schedule," he said. "We're updating the schedule for SQL Server Yukon and Visual Studio Whidbey to ensure the best product for our customers."