SQL Server 2008 R2 is RTM
A co-worker of mine told me the other day that SQL Server 2008 R2 had gone gold. A bit of research revealed that Ted Kummert, senior vice president of the Business Platform Division at Microsoft apparently announced the RTM status in a conference call. Customers will be able to get this latest version of SQL Server as of the 13th of May and MSDN adn TechNet will be able to download it the 3th of May. The free express edition can already be downloaded. Even though official prices haven’t been revealed yet, it is expected that they will rise by 15 to 25% in comparison to R1. Read more
An extra tool to improve SQL Server’s performance
Microsoft published a new white paper on Disk Partition Alignment Best Practices for SQL Server.
MacBook Wheel
Apple’s latest. Everything is just a few hundred clicks away.
Instead of what, a few keystrokes? What a load of crock. And what about this one: [...] spent forty five minutes typing [sic] an email.
Forty five minutes? I can’t believe people are actually wanting to buying this crap. I actually thought this was some kind of hoax or an April Fools’ Day trick, but since it’s only January that can’t be the case.
Online storage
I’m looking into online storage to secure important files in case of fire or other calamities. A while back I found a few in a magazine (Perfect Backup, Xdrive and IBackup), and I know of a few others, like KPN for example, but there must be others out there (especially since it seems like it’s a growth market). Has anyone got any suggestions?
A cool MS video
Now, I’m not a Microsoft fanboy or anything of the sorts, but while I was surfing the Mobile section of MSDN it popped up on my screen, and I really like it. Especially the song.
I’m actually thinking of buying the missus a Zune, just for the sheer fact that not many people have got one in Europe. Shoot me! 