This is quite a long and powerful script.

It will take some effort to make sure it is working correctly.

Are their parts of it that would not work in a traditional...

The most obvious project of non commercial analytics is analyze the massive stack of photos we all have.

Replication doesn't work as well as log shipping on small pipes.

I would like to see a better tool set as well, at least to the point of being able to...

I find it very hard to see how Microsoft will be adding value to someone generating thousands of virtual machines until it comes up with a way to license its...

You can often tell who owns data by asking who has the right to delete it.

This is a very hard sell for me at work. Has anyone gone through the process of changing a culture from using GUI based installers to one using a text/scripting...

Am I spoiled by the fact that I'm willing to lug my digital SLR virtually everywhere?

This is another case where open source excels- there is no legacy revenue stream to protect. Eventually Oracle and Microsoft with adopt, extend and deploy what is happening here.

I've had health problems which can really limit what I can do. I also have a sub optimal reaction to stress. My people skills aren't as good as my technical...

I'd really like a log created of every time a log in is attempted to any service that has a password. At least you would have a concrete place to...

Thierry,,

Intellectual property comes in different forms. Their are copyrights and patents, and then there are trade secrets. All of them are easy and frequently violated. The redress isn't technical but...

Thierry,

That would mean there is no way to obfuscate your intellectual property. Protecting it is a whole other matter.

I'm really not sure why benchmarking isn't done more often, before and also during a performance crisis.

The joke put one over on me. I'm not sure if the problem is that doing on calls is hard, or what you were explaining didn't make sense.

But yeah, I...