I do agree also that Microsoft should take care to have a stable product , but also a secure product.

Like the author I think Microsoft should consider to release some intermediate version of SQL Server 2000 with some improvements.

It seems they're planning to do something similar with Windows 2003 and Windows XP.

There are pro's and cons for this policy. If the changes are not to big and do not require to big investments of the customers, this is the right policy.

The upgrades should be more gradualy.

Erik