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  • RE: Not Excited by Linux

    I have seen a lot of clients in the Enterprise space want to move to Linux in order to reduce costs.

    Some want to stick with MS SQL Server but either...

  • RE: The Coffee Routine

    Frank W Fulton Jr (1/10/2017)


    ...I do draw the line at monkey brains; I will not even try them, sorry just can’t do it.

    Please hand your hat and whip at the...

  • RE: More Overloads

    Overloads are inevitable, however, to do so deliberately in order to be "cute" is a negative for me. Asked for my opinion, I would have to admit that any sort...

  • RE: More Overloads

    djackson 22568 (6/1/2016)


    Chris Wooding (6/1/2016)


    When my brother was at college, he was astonished by his friend's reaction to the statement "I'm just going for a tommy". Both parties understood this...

  • RE: The Coffee Routine

    For me the coffee needs to be black and the tea a mahogany colour (just show it the milk - don't pour!!!)

    I worked somewhere where someone would stir the teas...

  • RE: SQL Server is Getting More Popular

    David.Poole (1/10/2017)


    ...I find it hard to believe that most people will run into scalability issues.

    Totally agree. One place of extreme usage suffered scalability issues down to their own system design...

  • RE: Another Re-Release

    CU#'s are identifiers. Identifiers should (must?) be unique.

  • RE: SQL Server is Getting More Popular

    I am a little surprised by this. About half a dozen years ago I wondered whether SQL Server was a on a slide away from mainstream. It was not a...

  • RE: Keeping up to, and down with, Date

    I still totally rate Bertrand Meyer's Object Oriented Software Construction (1988 if I recall correctly). Particularly the chapter (8?) based on his seminal paper defining Design by Contract.

  • RE: The Tally Table

    I feel a bit deflated as I had already voted for this. I bet it was from an early suggestion from Jeff.

  • RE: Keeping up to, and down with, Date

    It is worth reading some books again. I am currently rereading "The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering". Coincidentally I have even just got off a call to a PM...

  • RE: Changes are Coming to the SQLServerCentral Forums

    Unbelievable, I was going to post the following:

    Looking forward to to it. One aspect of this project has already been a success: communication!!!

    Then I read the other posts; Jeff's "Looking...

  • RE: The Salary Range

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/6/2017)


    Gary Varga (1/4/2017)


    Just because someone enjoys doing something doesn't mean they are any good at it.

    I enjoy singing in my car. When alone. I can't...

  • RE: Your 2017 Goals

    Last year I decided that I would attempt to make at least one IT event. Planning has already succeeded as I have booked to attend SQLBits in Telford, England on...

  • RE: Accept Failure

    It often surprises me how often the end users are upbeat when the development team feel like they have failed.

    Developer: "It's got 137 bugs left!!!"

    End user: "I can now focus...

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