Well, Sol (can I call you Sol?),

I'll try to keep this brief. I'd first thought to rebut your post, point by point, and then realised there was something else about...

Phil Factor wrote:

'... there is going to be one platform based on HTML5 for the 'ponytails' and another based on .NET and Silverlight for the serious Windows developers.'

Phil (can I...

Bret,

(I can call you Bret, right?)

In an ideal IT world (run by either Bret or Craig), developers would know T-SQL, and DBAs would know .Net.

But in practice, I haven't...

John, the rumours involve both .Net and Silverlight. Another announcement - supposedly clarifying what was said at the D9 conference - is due from Microsoft in September, I believe.

Here are...

I'm inclined not to use this approach, for these reasons:

1. As the author indicated, using the CLR within SQL Server opens up a number of potential performance and security problems....

Good article, Craig, thank you.

I do have what I hope isn't a 'stupid question', please. To be a competent SQL Server DBA, how good should my T-SQL skills be?

I...

Mike Caldwell wrote, in response to my post:

The key difference is knowing the data might end up in the custody of the attacker... a reality in the world of portable...

niall.baird wrote:

I think what [Mike Caldwell] is saying is that his product is an "access control" product, not a "be all & end all" product to secure a computer system.

The...

Revenant wrote:

'Security based on biometric data is not a good idea because just like any other data, your biometric data can stolen - and if it is, you cannot change...

Is anyone out there using biometrics to secure data and/or applications?

Paul White NZ wrote:

... this is always a hotly-debated topic. I'm not really sure why; GUIDs are a perfectly valid way to solve some problems. They're not the only...

It would seem there are now more posts on the subject of GUIDS than there are GUIDS. 😀

Hello, Nicole,

I'm not the least bit offended, and you didn't come across poorly at all. For my part, I was trying to demonstrate the US does in fact have a...

Nicole Bowman wrote:

On the age discrimination, I didn't realise that the US doesn't have anti-discrimination laws ...

Amendment 15, clause 1, of the United States Constitution, dated 3 Feb 1870, states:

The...

Steve Jones asked:

Are you becoming more efficient as you progress in you career?

Maybe you can answer how you are getting more efficient. Are you developing skills that allow you to...