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Reasons to Deprecate

Posted Friday, October 24, 2008 3:39 PM | 9 Comments

I'm happy to see features and services of SQL Server deprecated by Microsoft if it is for a good reason. Good reasons include conformance with SQL Standards or rejection by the community of users; I consider Microsoft's commercial convenience to be a Read More

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What's Up With SSDS?

Posted Tuesday, October 14, 2008 1:48 PM | 4 Comments

What's up with SQL Server Data Services (SSDS)? Presumably, we'll get to hear more at PDC on October 27th, when the SSDS team present their plans, but the current signs aren't encouraging. When Microsoft announced their "database services in Read More

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