My Entire day lost, thanks to Microsoft’s design decision about SQL Server 2008.

Today I spend my entire day in learning SQL Server Notification Services 2005.
I was impressed by the feature set supplied by the same product.
After covering the theoretical/conceptual aspect from SQL Server Books Online, following/ struggling with the samples provided with the product. (Quotes, Flight etc)

Then I tried to come up with my own Hello World! kind of thing.
As was interested in using SQL Server Event Provider
(The SQL Server event provider queries a database. The account used by the Windows service or application that runs the event provider must be able to connect to the database and must have SELECT permissions in the database.)
Before writing my own implementation, thought about goggling for the same. And then came to know about the fact that, Microsoft has discontinued the SQL Server Notification Services in SQL Server 2008.
(As per their CTP launch & other expert’s comments)

In that whole exercise my entire day passed away. Hence, I am back to SQL Server Reporting Services once again for resolving the same business problem/need.