SQL Server 2005 Is Here
We’ve (or at least Microsoft has) been talking about it for years,
and now
it’s
finally here: SQL Server 2005 has shed its long-held code name Yukon and
has arrived as an official shrink-wrapped, hopefully fully debugged product.
This is a milestone event. SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 7.0 long ago laid
waste to all the other Windows enterprise-class DBMSs. SQL Server 2005 now has
greater ambitions -- with Intel and AMD servers gaining more and more juice,
the Microsoft database can now go after Oracle more aggressively on the high
end. And Microsoft promises a greater push into business intelligence.
I’m usually wary of large, new Microsoft products, but when it comes
to SQL Server 2005, I have a strange confidence. For some reason I think it
will prove itself robust, stable and even innovative. Agree? Disagree? Let me
know at [email protected].
SQL Server 2005 Training Is Also Here
So you’ve bought and installed SQL Server 2005 and put it through a few
paces. But do you really know what you’re doing? The Microsoft Learning
Group doesn’t think so and wants to make you a master of your SQL domain
with four
new courses. The courses are aimed at DBAs, developers and business intelligence
geniuses.
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Microsoft Buys Live Support
Last week Microsoft announced Windows Live and Office Live, its answer to whatever
the heck Google plans to do with Web-based productivity apps. Putting its money
where its Web apps are, Microsoft has already bought a Live partner. The company
last week bought
ByteTaxi, a company that offers remote access and file sync software. This
way, the files on your hard drive and stored on the Microsoft Live service can
be one and the same.
The Barney Bomb
Last week
I wrote about Google pointing to a George W. Bush bio if you do a search for
“failure.” Apparently, I am quite the out-of-touch fool, as I had
never heard of, or couldn’t recall, the whole idea of Google bombing.
Thankfully, dozens of Redmond Report readers were there to set me straight.
If you like seeing a self-appointed e-mail pundit taken to the woodshed by folks
who actually know what they are talking about, then read on:
“Your post indicates a lack of knowledge of how Google works. The phenomenon
is called ‘Google bombing’ and is described here.
BTW: This is an old story.”
-- Jim
“This issue has been widely reported and has to do with ‘Google
bombing’ and was caused not by ‘some employee having a bit of
fun,’ but by a large number of people outside of Google. Yahoo also
was affected by this. A group of people who didn't think very highly of George
Bush caused the ‘Google bombing.’ In retaliation, a group of George
Bush's supporters did some Google bombing of their own and got some great
‘dismal failure’ ratings for Michael Moore, Hilary Clinton and
I believe Edward Kennedy. I think your columnist needs to do some serious
research before writing a column, and it needs to be a bit more timely, since
if you go search for ‘dismal failure’ on Yahoo or Google you will
see the problem has been cleaned up.”
-- Paul
“I checked out the ‘Failure –I feel lucky’ lead to
G.W.B’s bio. Oddly, ‘Success – I feel lucky’ leads
to ‘United Chinese Community Enrichment Services.’”
-- Sangeetha
“Interesting that you chose to highlight your ignorance of a common
practice like ‘Google bombing’ by claiming it must be some secret
plot by a Google insider. The first
major appearance was almost three years ago, when ‘French Military
Victories’ landed folks on a prank page about ‘French Military
Defeats'. Next thing you know you’ll be reporting on Chrysler’s
irresponsible use of the ‘Neckbelt’.
-- Paul
About the Author
Doug Barney is editor in chief of Redmond magazine and the VP, editorial director of Redmond Media Group.