Interesting...

I once worked for a company for almost 20 years and became one of those who could get things done. No, I could not get approval to...

Disclaimer: I am a big Microsoft fan, so nothing said here is a flame against them... HOWEVER...

Since the days of DOS (early 80's thru early 90's), I never upgrade...

OK, we all have a story, but I can't resist telling mine... 🙂 When with Alltel back in the early 90's when car phones were all the rage, I...

Thanks to all for your thoughts... I too wrestle with the complexities of my job and wonder if the need for some of the new technologies justifies the investment...

What is it with you Richard, that you would rather go into a real bookstore instead of sitting in front of your computer!!! Get a life man, there is...

Hi Steve,

It sounds like Tech-Ed has grown since my 2001 attendance. I liked it so much that I decided to attend PDC that was held in LA that year...

Couldn't resist... I drive a 4 door Honda Civic and see from 36 MPG to 41 MPG on trips.

Before this I had the Civic 4 door hybrid. I...

Happy anniversary Steve, and Mrs. Steve 🙂

I'm quite surprised at the posts this morning. Yesterday's thread had more religious overtones:-) Maybe 64 bit issues don't bring the emotions to...

WOW!!! I thought this was sort of an insignificant thread:-) However you have all made me think a little more on the subject so I wanted to add...

Like you Steve, I'm a windows guy, very comfortable with my XP Pro desktop and Windows Server 2003 when the need arises.

However, call it boredom or the real need to...

You have all said it I think, but the upgrade cycle for all products should be 5 years in my opinion. That would give us time to learn the...

I'm not into BI, but then again after reading these responses, maybe I am a little:-)

Anyway, thanks to all for your insight, and to Steve for bringing the subject to...

I know that there must be many of you that are concerned about jumongo databases. And I enjoy reading about them, but unless something changes in my world, it's...

Great thread... Thanks Steve:-)

I belong to a group in Charlotte, NC called the Enterprise Developers Guild. We have a web site at http://www.developersguild.org/ and it helps, but...

My advice to my children was simply two fold. One, only do work that you like, and two, nothing is worth doing unless failure is a possibility.

That said, I...