It's Official, Visual Studio 2008 is out in, well, 2008!
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (aka Longhorn Server), Visual Studio 2008 (aka Orcas), and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (aka Katmai) is going on worldwide launch on Feb 27, 2008. Beta 2 is also coming soon enough. So prep your Virtual PCs now!
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/jul07/07-10WPCDay1PartnersPR.mspx