Hi JIm.
I'm away for a few days and I miss the biggest thread since the EULA debates. You're the center of attention. Don't you love it? I didn't see anything here that you haven't essentially been saying for years. Why all of the debate now?.

When I first listened to you in Miami, 3 years ago, I was a little defensive too. But recently, with a new rewrite in the works, the daunting task of making 2 VERY different backends scalable made the MSDE choice a relaxing one. When I was at Whifest I talked with a group who were clients of yours and they were good at clarifiying some of the misconceptions I had.

So keep up the good work. I don't believe you are part of the "Axis of Evil", or anything worse.

Best Regards,

- Glen -


>Hi Will,
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>>There is a strong SQL Server sales campaign behind it
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>Actually my motives are much more community-based. There are too many people I know, respect, and care about around here to let them continue to use a dated data storage platform.
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>>He is a salesman first an excellent trainer second and then a developer.
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>WHOA!!! Hold on there a minute. When did I get greasy hair and an ugly sport coat??? < s > I'm not trying to sell anyone a used car. All I'm doing is advocating an obviously more secure, more scalable, and more stable data storage platform. (Thanks for the kind words about my training skills BTW)