SQL Server is so large and complex that it's like an operating system. In fact, there the core engine is often referred to as the "SQL OS" by Microsoft developers. Steve Jones would like to see SQL Server as it's own OS at some point.  Read more...

This past week the Exchange 2010 team admitted they had tried SQL Server as a storage platform for Exchange 2010, but then discarded it. Steve Jones wonders why this was the case. Is SQL Server not good enough?  Read more...

Is SQL Server going to move to the "cloud?" Steve Jones thinks it is and has a few thoughts as he starts off with "cloud week" here at SQLServerCentral.  Read more...

Will we see a low-cost SQL Server knock-off at some point? Steve Jones thinks it could happen as the RDBMS becomes a commodity product.  Read more...

With a new version of SQL Server being released every 2-3 years now, what does that mean for support from Microsoft? What about from DBAs?  Read more...

There has been a lot of news about cloud computing this past week, including an announcement about SQL Server.  Read more...

SQL Server has grown from two editions in the v6.5 days to 7 with SQL Server 2008. Why are there so many editions? Steve Jones gives his thoughts.  Read more...

There are any number of small, annoying or tedious things in SQL Server and Steve Jones makes a case for getting them fixed.  Read more...