Microsoft Delays Team Tool As Users Look to Collaborate.

This article reports that Microsoft Corp. (MC) postponed the ship date of a key component of its Visual Studio 2005 Team System. The delay in shipping Team Foundation Server set backs the entry of MC into a burgeoning market for collaborative software that can link developers in far-flung locations. Analysts said that as information technology operations use more remote developers, the need for change and configuration management tools, version control software, and even weblogging tools is growing.