Microsoft critics have often charged the Redmond, Wash-based company for pre-announcing products, delaying launch dates, waffling on launch times, and missing several key product release dates.
With the upcoming launch of Microsoft's server software portfolio, times may be changing. Today, at its annual Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft stuck its neck out and promised that Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008, its next generation of service-based applications, will be released in Los Angeles on Feb. 27, 2008.