I have a few issues with your post overall, which have been brought up by others, but I'm going...

I have a few issues with your post overall, which have been brought up by others, but I'm going to say...

If you get into some of the functionality, you'll find out things like it has a "PIVOT" bit of functionality that makes SQL Server's Pivot functionality look more like...

Wise words Steve. Exercise has been a true friend to me.

Right now it would be the Invisible Man - I would rather not be there 🙁

Well that cheered me up Steve!

-An old git

It's definitely harder to manage and you get less per person in my experience once you exceed 5 or 6 people per team - at least in terms of active,...

It's a great product and I can see it's got a lot of depth I haven't even explored. Good work!

This SMBC comic seems relevant:

http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/gan

I enjoyed Kathi's article on the difference between PERCENT_RANK and  CUME_DIST, as always a good write up from her.

Amen David. While nothing changes it's all good. There's likely to be a sinking feeling when someone says 'We need to do THIS now...'

I'll kick off. I'm home alone for 5 weeks as the fam is off to warmer climes.

I'm hoping for a week of cycling some place but haven't booked it yet....

No conflict, it's all good. I use state based when there's no conflict and migration if data needs to be split apart, populated in a particular way or similar (which...

+1 on SSIS, exactly. Some parts of our office do still use it but for our dev operations it's kind of dead.

It's always extra money. If I need time off in the week I can always 'work from home'.