Hi Steve,

I see that you have beaten me to the punch. That's the down side of having something else as your day job 🙂

Anyway, I still have decided to blog about this (see http://sqlblog.com/blogs/hugo_kornelis/archive/2008/02/01/want-a-service-pack-ask-for-it.aspx, and I have also filed a suggestion to release service pack 3 on connect (see -and vote!- https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=326575).

Let's hope that the huge amount of support here will be extended by a huge amount of votes on connect. Maybe that can convince Microsoft that they should release a service pack!