More beta testing for SQL Server 2005
crn.com | at | by Mike
Microsoft's SQL Server 2005 is going through a new incremental beta round starting now. The anxiously-awaited database is now slated to ship in the summer of 2005. That opens the door for another delay. Since March, Microsoft had said to expect the database in the first half of 2005.
Specifically, Microsoft is releasing what it calls the first Community Technical Preview of the database. CTP is the latest Microsoft jargon for a beta release, and this one is described by some insiders as Beta 2.5.