Enigma

Dilbert for 26 Dec 2004

Somehow, this reminds me of .... www.thedailywtf.com

Christmas Gifts !!!

36 gmail invites to be given away ...

The conditions for getting an invite :- 

2. You need to tell me the site address and the name of Content Management Software you are using (I need to know this to decide on the CMS for my website).

3. I need a valid email address to send the invite to ...

4. You can choose the number of invites you get, if you help me configure the CMS on my site -> www.sqlserverarena.com

Community Server Now Available !!!

Via http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/richard.dudley/archive/2004/12/22/38213.aspx

Previously known as ASP.NET Forums, Community Server is a knowledge management and collaboration platform that includes a powerful forums engine, a blog engine, and a photo gallery engine. Used by Microsoft, Autodesk, Intel, and many other companies as the platform of choice for building communities.

http://www.asp.net/ControlGallery/ControlDetail.aspx?Control=2443&tabindex=2

Update : Looks like I may have jumped the gun . The Download link on the page still takes me to Community Server :: Forums.

Just found out about my long lost brother !!!

http://www.mymactech.com/blog/MeDrivingAt70MPH.jpg

VS

http://sqljunkies.com/Content/enigma/Enigma.jpg

This one definitely made me go “WTF” !!!

Thanks to my buddy Melroy for pointing this one out !!!

Oracle buys Peoplesoft !!!

As per this news ... with PeopleSoft's board of directors approving the $10.3 billion takeover deal with Oracle.

I had been expecting this to happen for a long, long time ...

Webcast - MSDN Webcast: Introducing the New SQL Server Management Studio

Have been sitting in the office at 3:13 in the night just to listen to the latest about Yukon straight  from the SQL Server Team. So far as I can see, both the webcasts have been full house and the team is being innundated with queries.

Bill Ramos will be putting out the queries on his blog ... so be on the lookout for a really long post from him soon ...

Have been learning a lot about the new tools from his webcasts, things I never knew we could do ...

Thanks Bill ... you ve increased my productivity a lot today !!!