Perhaps it's because my roots go back further in this than Microsoft involvement in rhe database server market, but when I read the article, I thought it was a little turned around. Column naming conventions were case sensitive when the product originated as Sybase SQL Server many years ago, as it was with any other data. Much of that philosophy came from the older Unix world where they came from, when MS wasn't really interested in Servers yet, and the Unix vendors looked down their noses at the idea of desktops. On case sensitivity, it's really an example of things coming full circle rather than any kind of revolution.