Microsoft on Tuesday announced plans for new development tools, as the company continues to lay the groundwork for its next major database and operating system software releases. The software maker plans to release an update to its Visual Studio.Net development tool bundle, code-named Whidbey, at the end of the year, timed to coincide with the introduction of an overhaul to its SQL Server database, code-named Yukon. Similarly, a later Visual Studio.Net release, code-named Orcas, will be tuned specifically for Longhorn, the next major release of Microsoft's desktop version of Windows, which is expected as early as 2005.
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