<Darrilgibson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> The end is near.
>
> Microsoft has announced that sup****t for SQL Server 2000 will end
> April 8, 2008 - less than 90 days from today.
Actually, only (free) Mainstream Sup****t ends on 4/8/08. Those
organizations
that still have significant investments in SQL Server 2000 clusters and
federated farms will likely continue to write Microsoft checks for sup****t
on those servers probably well into 2010 when they finally start thinking
seriously about deploying SQL Server 2008 SP2.
> SQL Server 2000 had a
> great run but it's been around for 8 years and SQL Server 2005
> includes significant improvements.
That it does, and I've yet to come up with a good reason why any
organization should defer upgrading any longer -- yet, as noted above, the
ones with lots of money, lots of investment, and a general lack of
willpower
to function in the 21st century, will continue to defer that very
decision.
> This doesn't mean companies will
> stop using SQL Server 2000 in the next 90 days, but you can bet a lot
> of companies are considering migrating to new versions of SQL Server.
More significantly, people that are dual certified MCDBA/MCITP will be in
high demand for those organization looking to do SQL 2000 to SQL 2005
migrations, upgrades, and/or even application conversions (particularly if
their SQL 2000 stuff is still running on deprecated SQL 6.x/SQL 7.0 code).
--
Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCBMSP, MCTS, MCP
Senior Data Architect, APQC, Houston, Texas
Microsoft MVP - Software Distribution (2005-2008)
MS WSUS Website: http://www.microsoft.com/wsus
My Websites: http://www.onsitechsolutions.com;
http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com
My MVP Profile: http://mvp.sup****t.microsoft.com/profile/Lawrence.Garvin
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