Although I've got hard evidence to back me up, I would be willing to bet that Microsoft's change in the licensing model will result in slower than usual migrations to...

>>Most other times it doesn't work.

That's true: even the Yankees have only won a couple dozens over the years. (rimshot!)

A lot of winning a World Series comes down to luck:...

If they're smart they'll let him go. They made a good effort and fans won't riot over a guy who wasn't there very long. It's way too much money...

The Twins are getting rested and starting to turn some guys (like Mauer and Span) around. This is good. They've slid Duensing across to the rotation and gotten good results...

In most cases this would be almost impossible to predict anyway, IT workers are hired to do specific jobs and tasks for the company. They are not hired to read...

Outsourcing is not inherently bad. The fact is not everyone should be doing everything, and a lot of IT can be commoditized for many companies. For example, how many companies...

Second - there is definitely nothing wrong with making sure you're seen as a high achiever. There is something wrong with doing it at the expense of your coworkers if...

Yeah, well maybe. The real issue is that even when not expecting a throw a good firstbaseman who is holding a guy on should have handled that one. It...

Back before there were interleague games, before just about every game was available on cable, before the web put all video clips online imediately, the All Star Game was the...

They were one of the first to offer a commercial "cloud" product, so I'm certain they're using it for their "read-mostly" data as Steve implied. On the other hand I'm...

I think Joel and Jeff are pointing out the difference between Responsible and responsible. My off-the-cuff answer to the original question was "Lower-case-r-responsible is good." As I think about it...

There is additional value in using a smart surrogate key for a date dimension as documented by Kimball et al.

Are there any opposing views on this usage?

Patrick, on...

He looks OK. Let's wait and see how he does in the longer term. I mean, did you see his last start? He gave up two hits and *five* walks....

We recently purchased a company and are taking over their existing apps, one shocking revelation at a time. My favorite is the fairly simple transactional system for recording orders,...

There's been a crazy number of non-invisible umpire performances this season. In my world a great game for an umpire is one where no calls are discussed, just events in...