The delay in releasing SQL Server 2005 gives Microsoft a chance to address "the last bit of hesitancy" about the database's ability to support enterprise-class applications, CEO Steve Balmer contends.

Revenues on SQL Server reached $1 billion in the recently ended fiscal year.

ATLANTA -- SQL Server accounted for $1 billion in revenues for Microsoft Corp. in the fiscal year that just ended, a senior Microsoft official says. Paul Flessner, senior vice president for .NET ...