http://sqlblog.com/search/SearchResults.aspx?o=DateDescending&tag=SQL+Community,Katmai,User+Group+Meetings&orTags=0Search results matching tags 'SQL Community', 'Katmai', and 'User Group Meetings'en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rick_heiges/archive/2008/02/06/3-more-weeks-til-launch.aspxWed, 06 Feb 2008 14:57:00 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:4926RickHeiges<P>3 weeks from today, the launch party for SQl Serve 2008 will be on!&nbsp; If you are in Southern California, you will be in the "happening" spot.&nbsp; Enjoy!</P> <P>Why have a launch without the release of the product?&nbsp; SQL Server 2008 is more of an incremental release.&nbsp; There are some great new features in the product, but the bulk of the change was going from 2000 to 2005.&nbsp; From my point of view, there were many more events and opportunities for education on SQl Server 2005 than 2008.&nbsp; I was at the Launch of SQL Server 2005 in San Francisco.&nbsp; It was a great time, but the content at the launch was not new (at least to me).&nbsp; The content at the launch events over the next few months will most likely be more useful than the content at the 2005 events.&nbsp; If you are like many folks who still have 2000 in your environment and have some servers running 2005, these launch events will be useful.&nbsp; If you haven't seen it already, there will be opportunities in your area to sign-up for a launch event.&nbsp; Another great source of information on SQL Server 2008 will be the local user groups across the nation and worldwide that will be involved in launches.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P>