You have a few errors here. Number one, the page you're referring to in this article IS NOT from Microsoft, and isn't authoritative. The actual page is at:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143432.aspx

And is both...

Wow - someone has a problem. I think it's the author.

Thing 1: Of course you should keep religion out of an interview. Is this something so prevalent that you need...

Is this at JHU? What level are you looking for?

It depends on how intro you want to be. I write a column over at http://www.informit.com/guides/content.asp?g=sqlserver&seqNum=14, and I've done some light DTS and OLAP stuff there. I also wrote a...

You asked today if there were any issues with SP1. I sure had one!  I started to upgrade our portal server yesterday, and partway through the backup phase it barked...

You actually *can* run SQL Server on Linux, in a virtual machine that runs W2K. I've done it for quite some time, no fooling!

Last I checked, databases can be backed up regardless of recovery mode. 

Since the question says "Every" Monday you've checked the plan and it's failed, chances are you've got an...

Great article - but I do take issue with the statement that "every table needs a clustered index". In large, non-contiguous tables such as import tables for an ODS or...

I've used OLAP Unleashed as well as the Microsoft Press Books on Analysis Services.