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SQL 2005

  • August 17, 2005 at 9:25 am

    #62002

    It seems like a lot of the Question Of The Day questions relate to SQL 2005.  It's the same for SQL related magazines. Fewer topics are related to SQL 2000 to make room for 2005.  Considering that SQL 2005 isn't even released yet why is there so much help being dedicated to it.  I doubt we will move to 2005 anytime in the next couple of years.  I would think a company would be jumping the gun to move to 2005 when it is first released.  Especially knowing MS track record for first release of programs not working quite right.  2005 has so many changes in it that I feel it is surely going to be full of bugs.  So why bother with so much training for it when I would expect few enterprise solutions are going to move to it right away? Or am I totally off base here?

    Kalvin

  • August 17, 2005 at 9:48 am

    #582797

    Kalvin,

    I think there is a mixed environment out there. Lots of people are excited about 2005 and many companies will move because they have software assurance, they don't want to be behind, or they are looking for some feature. The SQL product has traditionally been very stable, not really needing to wait until SP1 to move for people, so I do expect a decent number of adopters in Q1/Q2 of next year. There are also a number of people that want to get a head start so they'll be more attractive for a new job

    However, it's a complicated product, so you need to be looking at it now to prepare for the changes. It's like v6.5 -> v7.0 change, fairly radical. That's one of the reasons we're trying to get more content on it out now and getting some QODs.

    I do think that many companies, probably the majority, will stick wtih 2000 for now. There isn't necessarily a good ROI, IMHO, if you don't need new features and you are happy with 2000. Also it's work and there are probably more pressing products.

    You can't ignore it, however. V6.5 is still out there, unsupported. v7.0 is unsupported since it's been so long since it was released. You can get some support, but it's limited and costs $$. Plus it's dumb, the v7->2000 upgrade is a no brainer. Looking at 2000, it's been 5 years this Nov since it was released, which means it will roll off the support charts in a few years and my bet is the majority of 2000 upgrades will occur in 2007-2008.

    My limited look at this product, however, makes me think that it would take me 2 years to get to the comfort level with it that I have with 2000.

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