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Now there's a thought!

However, it's far beyond the capabilies of Microsoft alone to make that happen as you would be asking phone manufacturers to give away commercial advantages ... and this is before they can even trust each other. With the number of lawsuits between them at the moment, this is unlikely to happen anytime soon.

But make a witty YouTube Video about it, get 5 million hits like lost luggage and you can apparent get large companies to do anything!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11450923

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032464589&culture=en-US

Cool Smart Phone broke the story btw

I met Mark Souza today here at TVP, UK. He has a story to tell about how SQL Server grew up and all the new and exciting stuff that is coming in SQL 10 so it would be really cool to have afew vid's on this.

To say I'm stoked-up about SQL10 is an understatement! Bring it on!!! 

I'm amazed! I'm also amazed that the major news networks in the UK haven't picked up on this yet, but Twitter is going nutts so I'm wondering if that's bring Twitter down in turn!!!

Anyway, I'll just have to email my friends instead .... or phone them .... so old tech!

Actually, I hate facebook really, it feels like a backward step to me, does anyone else feel the same?

jamie said:

Sabot said:

*snip*

i liked the begining... and the end part

 ..needs work in the middle

 

welcome back sabot!!!! 

 

 

 

...but...seriously...

<Man Hungs>Thanks dudes! 

It's good to be back!

Hey guys I'm still around just not as often as I would like!

I've gone through some big changes in my personal life and the projects I've been working on have been business related. All this has swung me away from tech ... now I'm swinging back as I love technology and Microsoft is cutting edge as always!

So what have a found out in the last 18 months?

Well Apple and Twitter aren't doing technology any real good. It's all abit too dumbed down. Too much control is given away, we are mainlining unfiltered celeb driven media and lock-in reigns. I really don't like it! These trends have gone too far. It's high time to redress the balance.

Now I don't give a monkeys about phones! ... or web GUI technologies. For me, it's all about Data. Whether in a database, in the Cloud, ETL'ed, WS-I'ed, RESTed or ESB'ed .... it's all about the data baby and always will be! Now I'm working a project that will give my company it's first SQL Server FastTrack system! Stuff the iPhone, this is great tech!!!! It's my thing and I love it! Love it ! Love it!

So cheer up people, the tech recovery starts here!

As for my friends in Microsoft. Windows and Office cash-cows are over. Lack of confidence and too much control will cripple Microsoft. It's not about the man in the street, they are too fickle to bet on, go after business their needs are more predictable and once again create an environment where innovaton rules supreme, 'so much more still to invent' such be the mantra.

As for Open Source, well may as well fully embrace it. It's a battle of hearts and minds out there and it will make it easy to like Microsoft once again which is just half the battle. May as well give it away and charge for support than make no sales at all. But trust me, only a handful will look at the code, people will still buy the shinny box ... they can't help it, most people just aren't techies, this is what Linux didn't counter and why it never took off.

I only do FB, because my friends are on there but it sucks bad. I wish I could say so much more on it but I know if I do someone will read it and parcel it up with a pretty bow and sell it. I did an experiment on FB, I bought a pay as you go phone and published the number in a status update ... it was 4 hours before I got a cold call on that new number! So say nothing on FB just say Hi and what pub to meet them at. There is no trusting FB.

Anyway nice to be back .... lets crack on !!!!!!! .... we have some stunning tech to think of .....

Hi All,

Yep, it's been awhile since I was on here. Other stuff going on in my life has been taking priority but it's all going to settle down now and I have a bit more time to concentrate on the tech matters of the day .... so did you miss me?

Anyhoo, I have a multi TB database monster that is looking for a home. So one of the great things about the Cloud is that you don't have to host stuff yourself you effectively rent it fom someone else so you don't have to come up with the mega-money to  build a farm that will handle this kind of monster. So why oh why is there a 50GB limit on SQL databases? ... this is sooooo small!

So please, please, please Microsoft can we up the limit on SQL Azure so I can give my monsters a new home!

Ok, so I've spoken to afew contacts I have in HP and they have confirmed the HP Slate is still a go!

One said that the pre-sales teams will get their hands on them next month and then can start taking them out to customers, so I will hopefully get to play with one ... just as well I have a mobility project where this product would be ideal.

... and then employee me! I design systems like this all day every day!

The first question is .... how much budget can you cost justify? Remember the only rules in big system design are time/money/rules of physics/justification

The next questions are .... what are the non-functional requirements, what is the service level then what should the system do?

Now you can design your system.

... and now I'm going to help you cheat .... speak to these guys! SQLCAT .... 50k users is nothing, they've helped design Microsoft.com, Bing.com and MySpace.com all with just afew more users every minute!

Ian2 said:

Had friends round last night so couldn't watch it.  About to sit down with the kids and watch ....

I was out at wedding lastnight, so had one too many beerios however, it's on the SkyHD planner ready for tonight!

On Twitter this morning some of the comments I read were ... better than RTD! (Thank Gud!).... bow-tie = bad .... music was poor .... not sure about the new Tardis makeover.