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  • RE: No Compelling Reason

    Microsoft DocumentDB looks interesting but is only available in Azure. I'd love to know where the graph database outlined in the Trinity white paper is going to go.

    I have...

  • Internal costs of upgrading (regression tests, manpower, upgrade or new shiny shiny?
  • Per core licencing. I actually think per core is reasonable given the power of the processors today but...

  • RE: Swallowing the Camel

    "Wah. Wah. It should all just automatically work. Wah Wah."

    Lazy.

    Showing my age here but YES. The whining seems to come from those who have very quiet keyboards and mouths...

  • RE: Stairway to SQLCLR Level 4: Security (EXTERNAL and UNSAFE Assemblies)

    I had a lot of fun reading the drafts of these articles and they both opened my eyes and dispelled quite a few misconceptions.

    I wish I had known everything that...

  • RE: The Flash Database

    Perhaps of even greater impact will be the revolution in RAM that is just around the corner. The technique that allows spinning disk to hold TB of data in...

  • RE: Testing is Your Best Investment

    Amen to that.

    I am making the switch from TDD to BDD (behaviour driven development) simply because the readability of the tests and output is vitally important in demonstrating software quality...

  • RE: Bronze Age Development

    I've been watching a series following the training of the Royal Marines. One of the corporals made the comment that their standards are very high for a reason. ...

  • RE: The Next Generation

    K. Brian Kelley (8/15/2014)


    I don't want my kids to go into IT.

    While some work places are great, I see the following too often:

    - Long hours are expected of IT workers...

  • RE: The Brittleness of Replication

    Back in the SQL2000 days replication would retry 3 times if it failed and on each attempt it would provide the DBA with an alert. Then it would give...

  • RE: The Brittleness of Replication

    What about full text search. It could have been good but the Solr/ElasticSearch horse has well and truly bolted.

  • RE: The Brittleness of Replication

    No, they follow the cluster approach, and even deprecate mirroring. We can only guess what it would have been.

    It seems to have turned into Always-on availability groups.

  • RE: We Don't Care about Data and IT Security

    Back in the C19th they didn't care about clean water and drainage. In fact Joseph Bazellgette was lampooned for suggesting that London needed such things.

    Amazing what rampant Cholera and...

  • RE: Titles Matter

    I've heard of one place where they were toying with the idea of getting rid of all IT job titles. It was one of those ultimate agile shops where...

  • RE: Frustration with Bad Design

    And where does Edward Snowden fit into this piece?

  • RE: Summer, Summer, Summertime

    My 18 year old went to Iceland, my 13 year old is in Scotland helping with a heritage steam train tour, my middle son is.....somewhere else. First time since...

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