The amazing thing is how much value gets created when this works.

I added the link:

http://www.sqlbits.com/information/event15/Agenda.aspx?20160507

to my SQL Server wiki https://sqlserver.miraheze.org/wiki/SQLBits

I really like the website.

It would be nice to have a flag on the items to see the ones that have been made less important by a subsequent presentation or...

Eric M Russell (4/12/2016)

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I like SQLBits talks, because they are more conversational and don't use live demos. That works well for me, because I rip a lot of SQL Server...

Google works exceeding well with the Boglehead's ( https://www.bogleheads.org/ )

Maybe this is an implementation issue?

I posted a list of free ebooks from RedGate here:

https://sqlserver.miraheze.org/wiki/RedGate%27s_Free_eBooks

including:

Fundamentals Of SQL Server 2012 Replication

http://www.red-gate.com/library/fundamentals-of-sql-server-2012-replication

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It is good form to make the results visible without a login, thank you for posting that external link

I guess I'd want to know who they are competing with as well.

I can't tell if Microsoft is mostly trying to avoid customer defections, seriously compete for share or grow...

DBAs are somewhat reactionary in technology adaptation.

That being said, are there any market share reports on the adaptation you are talking about?

I would be very pleased if Microsoft did this.

TomThomson (3/3/2016)

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Has something gone wrong with sending notifications over the last day or two? A lot of new posts on the thread, but I haven't had a single...

This article also mentioned some issues with Slack:

https://medium.com/better-people/slack-i-m-breaking-up-with-you-54600ace03ea#.92xacolmu

I'd really like to see your resources used for something else. In my case, a wiki.

A very cool resource for setting up a wiki:

https://bitnami.com/stacks/wiki

One download and I had a mediawiki up and running in minutes on my laptop from:

https://bitnami.com/redirect/to/92525/bitnami-mediawiki-1.26.2-1-windows-installer.exe