http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2007/07/12/hard-date-doesn-t-mean-what-you-think-it-means.aspxSo Mark Crall blogged that Kevin Turner gave a &quot;WILL BE RELEASED&quot; 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 theenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2007/07/12/hard-date-doesn-t-mean-what-you-think-it-means.aspx#1019979Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:52:43 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:1019979Mark<p>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. &nbsp;I&#39;m begining to catch on. &nbsp;This southern living is turning me blond. ;-)</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1019979" width="1" height="1">http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2007/07/12/hard-date-doesn-t-mean-what-you-think-it-means.aspx#1017503Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:33:15 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:1017503dekks herton<p>Microsoft have always been better at spin than actually producing good code.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1017503" width="1" height="1">