I agree, a secure stable product gets my vote even if it is delayed an entire year. I just hope that what I have seen posted about ending support for SQL Server 2000 is extented out much further than it is currently listed. We here will need more than a year to convert all of our SQL Servers.. not to mention having to wait for all the software package companies to certify their software on SQL Server 2005 first ! I would doubt we would put SQL Server 2005 in production before the first service pack anyway.