Besides my personal interest in SQL Server 2005 , at work I am asked to plan ahead for deployment of Yukon. As the company itself is in the midst of a technology transition, including an investment and future proof database platform, I am was considering 64 bit Yukon.
But from MS the 64 bit story is not very good in regards to Yukon (and Itanium in particlar). And I am a bit worried. With all the BI goodness in Yukon, without a good 64 bit story, how can one take THE right decision?
I know that 64 bitness will be included in beta 3, but is it not a bit late?
some links:
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/64bit/default.asp
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=170820
http://www.ftponline.com/vsm/2004_en/magazine/features/rjennings/
http://weblogs.asp.net/tims/archive/2004/06/28/167675.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/seminar/events/series/msdn64bitwin.mspx
http://www.lemanix.com/nick/archive/2004/09/11/1261.aspx
http://blogs.sqlxml.org/vinodkumar/archive/2004/01/16/328.aspx
http://www.thespoke.net/MyBlog/Hirantha/MyBlog.aspx
http://www.bsdg.org/2004/09/get-ready-for-net-20-with-danny-thorpe.shtml