....I don’t want to wind up with the mainframe and VB6’s who hang on to those final installs hoping to make it to retirement without having to learn (or re-learn)...

Gary Varga (6/5/2014)

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DavidL (6/5/2014)

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Tobar (6/5/2014)

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As a fellow consultant, I feel it is our duty to present the options. Perhaps advocate strongly for one, but only in as much as it...

Tobar (6/5/2014)

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As a fellow consultant, I feel it is our duty to present the options. Perhaps advocate strongly for one, but only in as much as it is what the...

hakim.ali (6/4/2014)

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This is a very interesting topic to me. I started out my IS career as a developer and eventually moved into database work. Although...

I like the simplicity of report builder, as for most purposes it suffices. I ended up using it only because I couldn't BIDS in VS2010 -- I thought I...

Good for him. Admirable that at a fairly young age he's develop(ed)(ing) a good work ethic.

nigel. (8/26/2009)

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Steve,

You say they won't do this due to a loss of revenue from selling fewer Windows licences.

Surely Micro$oft will just charge more for this 'SQL OS' to make up...

I didn't notice in the editorial or any of the links an explanation of what Red Gate expects a sabbatical to be about. It sounds like they have definite...

Great work. On the one hand, I'd be really excited to try this out. On the other hand I hope I never have to.:hehe:

LightVader (10/23/2013)

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jarick 15608 (10/23/2013)

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GeorgeCopeland (10/23/2013)

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Ian Massi (10/23/2013)

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I've heard that in some places it's mandatory to take at least a week at a time at least once a year in order...

I doubt they have backdoors into our SQL Server instances

Based on the information made public so far, the documented behavior of the NSA in particular and governments (of all stripes)...

Yours is a refreshingly honest self-appraisal... I often think people take far more credit for their success than...

paul.knibbs (6/18/2013)

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There are other reasons for not moving on from a job. My main reason is that I absolutely hate looking for new jobs--I don't like the disruption, I never...

L' Eomot Inversé (6/15/2013)

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DavidL (6/14/2013)

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That might be stretching it, but I understand the point you were...

That might be stretching it, but I understand the point you were trying to make 😉