Yes the hype is crazy, I thought it would have died down by now but its still going strong!

As my Dad once said to me "Horse's for coarse's".

A great saying,...

Don, nice first article, risky to say the least, I cant wait for your second!!

What are you going to tackle next, "does god exist"..haha

I  must say XML data types scared...

Are production DBA,s important, you bet, but I believe that with the advent of better "automated" management of these systems, full time production DBAs within company IT systems may be...