So ESRI have now decided to rename their next release from 9.4 to 10. The reason for this seems to be that it is a larger release then the last few dot releases. Especially desktop side looks and works a bit different than 9.3. Jack Dangermond also says in the podcast (see link below) that the beta users have asked for this to be a major release and they have listened to the users.

It will be interesting to see at the Developer Summit what exactly they will add to the 10 release. Because there are quite a few things that aren't in the 9.4 beta version that people expects the next major version to include.

ArcGIS 10 is still planned to be released mid-late Q2 this year.

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