Re: BDS 2006 Package Contents

Craig Stuntz [TeamB] wrote:

> SQL Server 2005 hit RTM almost concurrently with BDS. There's no way
> it could have been QAed with Delphi with any sort of thoroughness.
> Even getting the CDs to Borland's packager with no testing at all
> would have been difficult.

Euan Garden warned us at DevCon that BDS 2006 would not include SQL
2005. He said that when Microsoft and Borland first made the agreement
with D8, that it was a mad dash to get the CDs burned and delivered to
Borland in time. They (Borland? MS?) weren't willing or able to do it
again this time. :(

--
Jon Robertson
Borland Certified Advanced Delphi 7 Developer
MedEvolve, Inc
http://www.medevolve.com
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