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  • RE: Managers: who needs them?

    there are good managers, and there are bad managers. What I find interesting is that many in business love to watch sports, where the players are as critical to...

    The more you are prepared, the less you need it.

  • RE: CI and CD Aren't Magic

    Nine years ago, when I was at a start up, we setup a CI environment. Sure, it took a bit of initial work, coordinating subversion, cruise control, testing, etc....

    The more you are prepared, the less you need it.

  • RE: Triple Digits

    I worked in NYC for a while. Exciting, but expensive. If you are young, single, and looking for an interesting time, great, but if not, then don't bother...

    The more you are prepared, the less you need it.

  • RE: What's a Toaster?

    OCTom (10/24/2014)


    I disagree with the premise that a toaster is simply a generic applicance and any one will do. They are not all the same and their performance is key...

    The more you are prepared, the less you need it.

  • RE: When is 8000 too small?

    The page limitation ties into another discussion Steve started a few months ago (in 2014 that is) about the slowing pace of change in SQL Server in general. Given...

    The more you are prepared, the less you need it.

  • RE: Why Would You Move?

    Ah, being both adult and wise about picking technology tools.

    What fun is that? Soooo many technical religions to pick from, so little time!

    The more you are prepared, the less you need it.

  • RE: Document, then Install

    Some great points, but some times it all depends. is this a production install, or is it for dev/testing? If it is for production, then a repeatable, defined process...

    The more you are prepared, the less you need it.

  • RE: The Decline of SQL Server

    Join the club. I completely went from your reference to Xenix (a unix variant), to my long forgotten days with the Victor 9000 (an early PC). Back then...

    The more you are prepared, the less you need it.

  • RE: The Decline of SQL Server

    Ours used MSDOS.

    Still the point about Multiplan and Microsoft not liking to code for different platforms has not changed.

    The more you are prepared, the less you need it.

  • RE: The Decline of SQL Server

    It was a Victor 9000. as i recall, it has an Intel 8086 chip. when the IBM machines came out with an 8088, they were slower than the...

    The more you are prepared, the less you need it.

  • RE: The Decline of SQL Server

    Gary Varga (10/9/2014)


    andrew gothard (10/9/2014)


    Gary Varga (10/3/2014)


    jay-h (10/3/2014)


    chrisn-585491 (10/3/2014)


    One word: Java

    Horrendous mess.

    But you know what? They delivered on the cross platform problem. Nothing else installs on OS X, Windows...

    The more you are prepared, the less you need it.

  • RE: The Next Five Years

    Tom_Sacramento (10/6/2014)


    5 years from now...

    When I started in this business 35 years ago life was punch-card FORTRAN and Assembler code. I am absolutely amazed at where we are now,...

    The more you are prepared, the less you need it.

  • RE: The Decline of SQL Server

    I've been using SQL Svr since v4.21, so I am a bit biased. Overall it has gotten better and better, but... many of the younger developers are focused on LAMP,...

    The more you are prepared, the less you need it.

  • RE: Testing in Production

    The sync part is for the contacts. They are all local in my local outlook personal folders. Sorry about that - did I mention email was not my thing 🙂

    The more you are prepared, the less you need it.

  • RE: Testing in Production

    Hey, I'm not much of an email expert - so I guess it would be the local Outlook repository/personal folders - where it syncs with my POP/SMTP account, and then...

    The more you are prepared, the less you need it.

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