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| Posted by: David Leininger |
12/10/2007 |
There's no time like the present to start doing something, eh?
In this case, the 'something' is my third attempt to maintain a useful blog. Now, there are many useful blogs out here, depending on what you seek. I am focusing on technology ... specifically, Microsoft development technologies. This has been my world for since 1993, and for ten years prior to that, I was immersed in various database, language, and application technologies.
What have I learned in 25 years? Well, it is clear that you cannot waltz through COMDEX with a couple of bags, collecting brochures and tsotchkes, and understand the 'lay of the land'. Now, it is not possible to 'know' even a single product. Take SQL Server, for instance. In the late 80s, when Sybase and Microsoft were in licensing discussions, it was possible to 'know' the product rather thoroughly. Today, when I meet people who 'know' SQL Server, I ask them, 'Which aspect?'
You can tell the liars immediately. Those who posture and vogue on their supposed knowledge of a product as broad and deep as SQL Server don't really understand all aspects of the suite. Do you know anyone who dives deep with Integration Services, complex schemas, beautiful reports, indexing strategies, database backup and recovery, and on and on? Of course not. Many of us have a generalist's view of all of the above, and a dozen more talking points with SQL Server, but few are able to get gritty with multiple aspects of such a broad product.
And that is what I'll be writing about...a few deep issues on a broad range of topics, mostly in the software development arena ... space ... [insert phrase-du-jour to describe a specific topic].
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