SQL Heroes : sql pass

And the winners are...

reedme — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:21:12 GMT

[Insert abject apology for the vacation-related delay here. Yes, the turkey-related festivities were great, thanks for asking.]

The winners were announced @ SQL PASS 2008 on Friday 21 November. And belated as they may be, here’s the Official Announcement™.

BIDS Helper: Greg Galloway, Darren Gosbell, John Calvin Welch
SQL 2008 Extended Events Manager: Jonathan Matthew Kehayias
ssisUnit: John Calvin Welch
SqlMonitoring Tool: Robert Hartskeerl
Allocation SQL Server Management Studio Add-in: Daniel Gould

Congratulations to all of the finalists and to the winners!! Thank you for participating.

p.s. Winners, your Windows Home Server™ will be shipped as soon as feasible. Thanks for your patience. Enjoy!

The votes are in. No recounts necessary.

reedme — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:17:11 GMT

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!

Some of you have already voted... for your favorite SQL Hero... the rest of you are overdue!

reedme — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:57:54 GMT

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 in the SQL Server community, I tell ya’.

For the rest of us, here’s the official announcement of the survey:

SQL Heroes 2008 Community Finalists Survey

Pick your Fave Five Finalists® and help them on toward the Winners’ Circle® at SQL PASS 2008!

Do I have to attend SQL PASS to win?

reedme — Sat, 17 May 2008 01:46:42 GMT

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 Answer*: RTFM

Take yer pick!

However, we do want you to show up @ SQL PASS anyway!! Especially if you're a finalist... because the entire theme of SQL PASS this year is all about YOU... the SQL Heroes.

Look at this way, if you don't come to SQL PASS, you won't get an opportunity to see me dress up like a poorly costumed '80s hair band member or kick my butt @ Guitar Hero!

* Just for those of us old enough to miss Gopher, ARCHIE, WAIS and USENET... a little bit anyway. Back in the day before the evils of <blink /> or *shudder* Shockwave and Flash. Kids these days have no idea how good their banner ads are... Heh.