Interesting, very interesting - thanks, Chirag!

Tooke me over an hour to figure this one out. Thanks, Hugo!

Thanks to Hugo for his as usual thorough analysis. I faced the same decision but I chose the wrong one.

Well, I learned something.

Eric M Russell (6/11/2013)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (6/11/2013)

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. . . I could see all kinds of quick analysis stuff moving because it's easier or quicker to throw something...

chrisn-585491 (6/11/2013)

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Really? Depending on the server it takes us days, at most, once...

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Jeff M. speaking at the SQL PASS in Detroit (SPID) meeting this Thursday and I can't make it (coaching my son's baseball team, games on Tuesdays...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (6/11/2013)

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. . . I could see all kinds of quick analysis stuff moving because it's easier or quicker to throw something up in a cloud...

Malls, thanks for your interesting question, and thanks to Hugo for his as-usual excellent analysis.

Eric M Russell (6/11/2013)

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chrisn-585491 (6/11/2013)

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I can see a scenario where organizations turn to cloud based services to host their e-commerce database or quickly spin up some one-off analytical...

Grant Fritchey (6/10/2013)

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Grant Fritchey (6/10/2013)

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After visiting TechEd, I'm more and more convinced, the damn is going to break and we'll see tons of people using Azure, or, Microsoft is...

Thanks for this unusual question!

For any threadizens in the Seattle area:

There will be the Brewers festival at Marymoor this coming weekend.

Anyone coming?

http://www.washingtonbeer.com/wa-brewers-fest/

Interesting, really interesting. I admit I had to go with my gut feeling.

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Thanks for a nice simple one, Ron!