Steve Jones - SSC Editor (10/26/2011)

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L' Eomot Inversé (10/25/2011)

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I agree it's necessary and should be there, but I don't agree that it's always an overhead.

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Also remember that "overhead" doesn't mean...

Matt Miller (#4) (10/25/2011)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (10/25/2011)

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richj-826679 (10/25/2011)

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Human Resource departments are similar to IT departments in that both of them are a cost to the organization without generating...

I like this idea quite a bit. Since I have not had a chance to read any of the other posts, please forgive me if this request is out...

There are some very good points made. As usual, allow me to offer some contrarian views that help explain why there are sometimes poor decisions made.

First, we generally have...

I support over 35 SQL Server physical servers. These run one or more instance of SQL Server depending on the application. In most cases there is also a...

Miles Neale (10/19/2011)

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Kevin Gill (10/19/2011)

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SanDroid (10/19/2011)

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Kevin Gill (10/19/2011)

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Just to answer one of your points, I'm not worried about rouge developers, as they're easy to spot by their colouring, and we...

SanDroid (10/19/2011)

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Kevin Gill (10/19/2011)

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Miles Neale (10/19/2011)

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Kevin Gill (10/19/2011)

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SanDroid (10/19/2011)

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Kevin Gill (10/19/2011)

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Just to answer one of your points, I'm not worried about rouge developers, as they're easy to spot by their...

SQLRNNR (10/18/2011)

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If your test data is truly too close to real data, then it probably should be secured just like prod. If you can't obfuscate it efficiently enough, then...

Unfortunately my current employer doesn't have funds for travel and conferences, so I am unable to attend events like this. We can't even attend meetings we can drive to....

I want to know how you get by with a single junk drawer! I have at least one in the kitchen, 3-4 in my home office, and I am...

I am certain you are not saying to ignore large scale disaster possibilities. There are a lot more than shown on the graph you included. Some of the...

David.Poole (9/23/2011)

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There are open-source datasets out there but by their nature they can harbour crap data.

I know of an occassion where someone didn't like the way that the Balleric Islands...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/22/2011)

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djackson 22568 (9/21/2011)

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Yes it does take each person making a small effort. My point is that while that goal is laudable, I don't believe...

Eric M Russell (9/22/2011)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/21/2011)

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djackson 22568 (9/21/2011)

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And you want us to worry about things like whether a business is closed?

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We are fighting against significant odds of...

Those who have been in the industry for a while will recall that Apple always struggled to keep afloat for year, until Microsoft bailed them out, and they switched directions...