SAP Business One 8.8 Preview Program

Hi All,
Anybody has Idea about the latest status for starting of SAP Business One 8.8 Preview Program ?
Today I see on the SAP BUSINESS ONE 8.8
CENTRAL INFORMATION page on SAP SMP site, there it is mentioned that SAP Business One 8.8 Preview Program will start beginning of May 2009.
BR
Samir Gandhi

For anyone interested in an additional source of info on SAP Business One 8.8, we have a section of our website dedicated to it. You can find information about it below.
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If your customers or prospects are interested in getting an honest "first impression", this is a great start. If there is anything specific you want us to review, we're happy to take requests and will get it into our weekly updates on the new version. Check back periodically or subscribe to the [rss feed|http://www.orchestrateam.com/rss.xml] to keep up to date also.
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Welcome to Orchestra's SAP Business One 8.8 preview! The following pages are going to be a review of features for the new SAP Business One 8.8 release going into ramp-up this fall. Also, we'll be sharing with you our opinions of the new feature set and sharing some videos with you on the new product.
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