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 One week after Microsoft officially launched the 2008 versions of Windows Server, 
  Visual Studio and SQL Server, the company has taken its show on the road. 
Microsoft held launch events for the three products in San Antonio and New 
  York yesterday, with plans to hit 
  other cities in the coming weeks and months. While the events lacked the 
  pomp and circumstance of last 
  week's Hollywood gala -- celebrities, top execs and parties -- it made up 
  for it in substance and pragmatism.  
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