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One more day to go... 20 November 08 09:20 AM | reedme | 0 Comments: Tomorrow we’re going to announce the SQL Heroes winners before the keynote @ SQL PASS 2008. Be there! Read More...

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The votes are in. No recounts necessary. 10 November 08 01:17 PM | reedme | 1 Comments: I know who the winners are, but you’ll have to wait for the results until a week from Friday, though. Heh. The winners will be announced from among our nine finalists on the last day of SQL PASS 2008: Friday 21-November 2008. Be there! Read More...

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Is everyone a winner? 28 October 08 09:25 AM | reedme | 1 Comments: Without getting into the philosophical question for the ages “Is everyone a winner?”, the question came up about Finalists® over the weekend. Because we had to kick a number of entries that didn’t meet the simple rules outlined in the Official Contest Read More...

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Some of you have already voted... for your favorite SQL Hero... the rest of you are overdue! 23 October 08 05:57 PM | reedme | 0 Comments: Our survey got posted to Connect a little while back (life and work kept getting in the way of posting all the entries). Those of you who spend more time on Connect than is strictly healthy have already seen it and voted. There are a lot of overachievers Read More...

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Everybody wants to know... 19 September 08 04:52 PM | reedme | 1 Comments: Everybody wants to know how many entries there are. Well, everybody who put in an entry anyway. Heh. Next week, we're going to put up the survey for YOU to select your favorites. You're welcome to count them. Heh. I will blog about the entries, one per Read More...

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Better late than never... 12 September 08 04:12 PM | reedme | 1 Comments: OK, so it's been a couple weeks since the contest entry period closed, and I've been remiss in announcing that fact. Sorry!! (Thanks for the reminder, Jonathan.) Over the next couple weeks, I will be blogging a little bit about each qualified entry. After Read More...

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Wow, will you look at the time? 25 August 08 02:48 PM | reedme | 1 Comments: Between frenetic RTM activities and summer vacations, I haven't posted in a while. Sorry!! The less-than-one-week countdown has started. Be sure that you've published your CodePlex projects and submitted your contest surveys. We've almost reached the Read More...

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Just in time... 21 July 08 11:17 AM | reedme | 1 Comments: The end of the contest runway is fast approaching... and we've got some great entries! To celebrate, the WHS team has released Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 so that it will be ready and waiting if/when your entry wins. But you have to play to win, Read More...

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Want to be an open source guinea pig? 01 July 08 01:59 PM | reedme | 1 Comments: Paula's looking for you. Since you've created a SQL Heroes contest entry, you're obviously a qualified CodePlex Developer™, right? CodePlex project developers wanted - Port 25: The Open Source Community at Microsoft She's just looking to interview you, Read More...

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They would be SQL Heroes... 30 June 08 02:29 PM | reedme | 0 Comments: I love chocolate. I think genetic engineering is interesting, if a little more art than engineering (a lot like software engineering). However, these guys would definitely be SQL Heroes in my book if they were using SQL Server. Better Chocolate Through Read More...

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Individual T-shirts for entrants going in the mail... 23 June 08 04:09 PM | reedme | 1 Comments: I've got a few Ts left over after Tech*Ed 2008, and I don't want 'em to go to waste, so I'm going to put T-shirts for individual entrants in the mail next week. Those of you who have signed up already will be getting an email from me asking what size Read More...

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It's time to update your entries for SQL Server 2008 RC0... 10 June 08 05:16 PM | reedme | 0 Comments: I realize that I've been MIA for a couple weeks (but I have really good excuses - heh!), but I'm sure that everyone's been waiting patiently for this: Reed Me : SQL Server 2008 RC0 Samples are up! Now that RC0 is out the door, it's time to either update Read More...

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Do I have to attend SQL PASS to win? 16 May 08 03:46 PM | reedme | 0 Comments: Short Answer: No. Longer Answer: Nope. Long-ish Answer: Not at all, but you do have to PLAY to win. Heh. I.e. if you've been putting off creating your CodePlex project and submitting your contest survey, you're running out of time... Old-fashioned USENET Read More...

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In case you need an excuse to NOT participate... 23 April 08 10:04 AM | reedme | 2 Comments: Not everybody likes contests apparently... (Foex, I have yet to win anything in the game alpha testing contest that I love playing these days. *pout* ) But Dan seems to have taken an irrational dislike to YOUR contest... I'm starting a crusade at Microsoft Read More...

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What is the Ms-PL? Why do I need one? 18 April 08 10:26 AM | reedme | 0 Comments: Instead of cribbing the whole text of the Ms-PL and dropping it here, I'll just refer you to the source: Open Source at Microsoft: Licenses: Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL) That hopefully answers the "what" question. The "why" question is a little more Read More...

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