They don’t. Not one thing. I don’t buy SQL Server, I get it for free. My clients and customers buy it, so maybe they care. You might think that would mean I care, but I don’t. I have no interest in listening to folks at MS tell me that they raised prices but are *still* cheaper than … Read more
In his book Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell mentions about how most people need roughly 10,000 hours of training at something before they are an expert. Despite my disagreeing with many of the book’s assertions, that was one statement I did not take issue with. I know that it takes dedication and hard … Read more
I have no idea. Seriously, I don’t. Oh sure, you might think I know because I am on the PASS Board of Directors, I am a SQL Server MVP, and I rub elbows with all sorts of MS execs but nobody has said one word to me about the actual name of “SQL Server Code Name … Read more
This Saturday I will be in Kalamazoo, which I thought was the birthplace of Derek Jeter but it turns out that he was born in New Jersey and moved to K-zoo when he was four. I am guessing that as part of the speaker dinner we will also get a tour of Jeter’s childhood home … Read more
One. That’s it, no more, just one. Why is that? Because activity to the transaction log is written sequentially. Adding more logs does not help with performance. If you don’t believe me then perhaps you would believe Paul Randal? If you don’t believe him then you need more help that any one blog post could ever give. … Read more
I have no idea if those two items are related or not but I felt it warrants mentioning. Anyway, this Saturday I will be in South Florida, which is apparently the new name for Miami. No, I don’t know how or why we need to call it “South Florida”, but if they really wanted me to visit … Read more
