Silverlight 2 Will Ship "Later This Fall" - On Oct 27 or Nov 22?

Many architects and developers have enterprise projects in the works that depend on the release of Silverlight 2, so having a final release ship date is important. In an interview with MS PressPass, Scott Guthrie says, "Silverlight 2, which will ship later this fall..."

My first prediction was for an official Silverlight 2 release to Web (RTW) on October 27th at 8:30 a.m. (PST) in LA when Ray Ozzie takes to the stage for his PDC 2008 keynote. Hedging my bet, how about an SL2 release during Scott Guthrie's keynote speech at ASP.NET Connections on Tuesday, November 11th at 8 a.m?

Another hint for the end of October is that Telerik, in its product roadmap, announces that its wonderful RadControls for Silverlight 2 will be released at "the beginning of November."

BTW, never ask Microsoft people (such as Silverlight guru Jesse Liberty) to speculate on a release date. You see, it's an unforgivable sin at Microsoft to reveal a planned release date.

I'd say the Microsoft employee motto is, "Better to look stupid and out of the loop than look unemployed". <grin> Therefore, let's leave it to outsiders (guys like me) to stick their necks out and end up with egg on their faces over missed dates. <grin>

Ken