What happened to the yellow-brick road that was leading to Blackcomb in 2006?
It's time for Microsoft to generate one of its trusty MapPoint and plot a clear course for Windows.
The starting point is (mostly) certain: Windows Server 2003 (which still has not been released to manufacturing, by the way) will launch on April 24. Whether all of the various SKUs (Web, Standard, 32-bit and 64-bit Enterprise, and 32-bit and 64-bit Datacenter) will start shipping preloaded on various servers on that exact date is another question.
But after the 24th, it's anyone's guess. It's not just dates that are all over the map. Even the actual product set does not seem to be set in stone.
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It's time for Microsoft to generate one of its trusty MapPoint and plot a clear course for Windows.
The starting point is (mostly) certain: Windows Server 2003 (which still has not been released to manufacturing, by the way) will launch on April 24. Whether all of the various SKUs (Web, Standard, 32-bit and 64-bit Enterprise, and 32-bit and 64-bit Datacenter) will start shipping preloaded on various servers on that exact date is another question.
But after the 24th, it's anyone's guess. It's not just dates that are all over the map. Even the actual product set does not seem to be set in stone.
Read more