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Watching the watchers watch with SQL Server
10 July 08 02:26 PM

This popped up earlier this year, and I thought it was cool enough to put in the blog backlog. How Microsoft IT Uses SQL Server 2005 to Power a Global Forensic Data Security Tool (TechNet) Technical White Paper | IT Pro Webcast | TechNet Radio I'm always Read More...

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Filed under: SQL Server, Microsoft, intelligence

Everyone's a critic...
11 April 08 10:30 AM

I'm sure there's a Customer Service Law™ on the subject (the 1:10 rule, or whatever), but sometimes you just have to ignore complaints. Sometimes not. Heh. One of the Steves sent this one to me by way of asking who it would make a difference to Read More...

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Filed under: SQL Server, Microsoft, Connect, customer feedback

I'm sorry. I laughed. It was funny.
20 February 08 03:39 PM

I'm sorry. I laughed. It was funny. Now I know why I was told to always keep a large, black duffel bag on-hand. And what the "no skateboarding" signs all over Redmond are for. Life At Microsoft - The Truth Revealed (Tina Wood | Channel 10) It's Read More...

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Filed under: geek humor, marketing, Microsoft

Hi-ho, hi-ho... I knew something was different this morning.
18 January 08 08:12 AM

This would explain the animated characters in the hallway this morning... Microsoft Corp. announced today that it has hired The Walt Disney Co.'s top IT executive to fill its open CIO position, a move that continues the software vendor's recent string Read More...

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Filed under: geek humor, Microsoft

Belated happy annibirthary, SQL Server.
17 January 08 09:02 AM

I always seem to miss birthdays and anniversaries. *sigh* Not sure whether to call this one a birthday or an anniversary. Maybe the anniversary of prenatal announcement? Or was this back when nobody announced a product until it was done. (Did that ever Read More...

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Filed under: database, SQL Server, 2008, Microsoft, 1988

Big brother (or SkyNet) is coming... to a PC near you.
16 January 08 05:18 PM

I loved the book 1984 , even though it was almost 1984 by the time I read it. The fact that the date was around the corner and technology wasn't anywhere close kind of took the punch out of the story. I guess it didn't scare me the way it scared "previous Read More...

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