[There's a reason that Yoda is the unofficial mascot of SBS. Size indeed matters not.] Hard date doesn't mean what you think it means.. - THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA"
Thu, Jul 12 2007 0:02 bradley

Hard date doesn't mean what you think it means..

So Mark Crall blogged that Kevin Turner gave a "WILL BE RELEASED" date of 2/28/2008 http://sbsc.techcareteam.com/archives/8 and I was thinking.. hmmm that must mean SQL is early and Windows Server is late and Cougar is behind that, so add the necessary additional months for the SBS wizard goodness, carry the 1, round it up so that puts Cougar about.......right... there .....in the release date ETA.

Wrong.

Launch date does not mean RTM date... well it means "we hire a lot of marketing types to spin things" date if that's what you are thinking of.  Read this blog post for what Kevin really announced:

http://blogs.msdn.com/euanga/archive/2007/07/11/launch-date-or-if-you-prefer-rtm-date.aspx

He announced a party is all.

Okay so back to not knowing when this stuff ships.  Bottom line... it ain't coming out of the software oven until it's ready... Microsoft just want's an excuse to build buzz.  Got it?

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# re: Hard date doesn't mean what you think it means..

Thursday, July 12, 2007 1:33 PM by dekks herton

Microsoft have always been better at spin than actually producing good code.

# re: Hard date doesn't mean what you think it means..

Friday, July 13, 2007 2:52 PM by Mark

You mean like how they got Vista launched in the summer of 06, in the hands of SA customer in Nov. 06, OEM later then finally to thier partners (rember us, the ones who advise customers) in Feb. 07.  I'm begining to catch on.  This southern living is turning me blond. ;-)