First:

I really enjoy your editorials and I read as much and as often as I can.

I’m a developer, but I unofficially serve as my group’s DBA – like many people we have DBAs who handle backups, and not much else.

Second:

About your writing in the first paragraph this morning.

Great topic, great idea. Overall you write better than I do, don’t let little mistakes give a bad impression. Sometimes it sounds ESL – which I’m sure is due to transcription errors.

First paragraph from your email at 12:49 AM Eastern:

"I have a few friends that are working *1 virtualize almost their entire computer infrastructures. They work in large and small companies, but there is a constant push to avoid the bare metal installation of any operating system onto physical hardware, making every Windows or Unix machine a virtual machine on top of a hypervisor. I was surprised to hear that companies were being to *2 aggressive, but the cost benefits can be huge, and when virtualization is done in a smart way, performance doesn't suffer."

I assume that:

*1 = "to"

and

*2 should have been "so" instead of "to" (or perhaps "too")

Thanks again for the great content and keep up the great work!