Microsoft Corp. and Business Objects Software Ltd. (Nasdaq "BOBJ") today announced the two companies have renewed their distribution agreement for Crystal Reports®. With this agreement, Crystal Reports, the award-winning reporting solution from Business Objects, will ship with the next version of Microsoft® Visual Studio®, Visual Studio 2005.
"We are excited to reach this milestone in the development of Visual Studio 2005," said David Lazar, director in the Developer and Platform Evangelism Division at Microsoft. "Crystal Reports has been an important part of our product offering for more than 10 years, and by providing Crystal Reports, we enable customers to protect their investment in existing projects and build new ones with the technology that works best for them."
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