I strongly disagree with the idea of just pushing something out to fit a time frame, and this kind of mentality is the reason for IT having such a bad name. It also gives rise to the phrase, 'Don't use the software until the first service release.'

If I brought a television that worked most of the time but couldn't show certain channels for example or had faults, I would return it for a refund, and if it was not put down to a faulty unit I would use another company / brand next time. The same with software - it's the reason why lots of software does not get used within our company and to be frank, won't get a trial again for the foreseeable future.

I recently tried using SSMS 2012 and it is so riddled with bugs that it is uninstalled and I am back to using the 2008 tools. With SSMS being so riddled with bugs, I have no intention of trying the database engine any time soon. 2008 works perfectly for us.