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Microsoft's Delay of SQL Server Stresses Software Assurance: Page 5 of 5

The delay of SQL Server 2005 -- the official name for what has long been called Yukon -- may complicate Microsoft's efforts to keep enterprises within its Software Assurance maintenance
March 12, 2004

"Microsoft has finally come to the realization that its XP evangelism has failed. It's not effectively sold the benefits of XP to the marketplace," Wilcox said.

The smart move, he said, would be for Microsoft to put much more effort behind Windows XP -- revising it, aggressively promoting it -- during the likely long gap between it and Longhorn.

"Rather than sell the future, Microsoft should sell what it has now," Wilcox said.

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