A strong second on that recommendation to hold out till 2008.

My only disagreement with anything Steve wrote is regarding the stability of SQL Server 2005. Yes, the data engine of...

I was reading all the feature blurbs for SQL Server 2008, and it got me to thinking that if I looked at the gap between the release of 2005 and...

Mark me down as one of the ludites who believes that we don't need 3-D experiences in online shopping. I'm of the mind they could just spend some cash streamlining...

Our flagship product is currently SQL Server only on the back-end. Occasionally we still get a potential client who "needs" it to work against an Oracle back-end, or MySQL, or...fill...

Since I own a large hunk of the company, I would be inclined to claim brilliance, but realistically I think my company is wavering between smart and idiotic. Then again,...

The problem with most programming courses today is scope exceeds depth. I can still write a program at machine level, but frankly that skill is presently of little real value...

Can't really argue with the do what you love advice, but I would caution against it without at least one tag: do what you love if you're good at it....

Concurrent build numbers can't be easy to track internally. Though the ISM idea sounds great, and it is nice to see regular Service Packs, they need to start focusing on...

A great idea, sure; but the problem is realy not in awareness in some cases, so much as expectations. No coder, no matter how intent on security, can guarantee the...

I have let MS know about the suggestion that a dependency check would be handy prior to SP application. It seemed that it was an unnecessary bit of grief. If...

Frustrated? Me. Well, yesterday, for sure. Six hours to ferret out problems and patch a standalone development machine seemed a bit much even for my patience.

I agree that SQL Server...

The disappointing thing about Service Packs in general is that even with months of testing deploying them can be a pain. I wasted several hours today trying to successfully update...

Here in Canada, in the space of three years, one of the major chartered bank (3rd largest, I think) lost a data backup file with a half million IDs in...

It does greatly depend on one's career goals, etc.

I've been working remote exclusively for 6 years, and more often than not for the last 20. While it does at times...

I have been using the 3,0 features for a while now in testing and designing new extensions of our major product. David's analysis is 100% correct: MS made a marketing...