>>As I gave some history in my blog post that I referenced, I don't feel the need to reply to most of your comments and Joel's comments.
Fair enough. So 3 SQL Server dudes spontaneously stepped in to rescue NET in NY. Generous dudes all.
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
