Community Circle
Search this blog
Steve’s tweets
- RT @TracyBoggiano: Yes and proceeds will be going to charity @FosterFamilyNC. So take a class you need and support a good cause. 10 hours ago
- RT @tarynbuilds: Freshly added to my shop, a couple of end grain cutting boards. One is a smaller chaos board and the other is a beautiful… 11 hours ago
- Redgate Presents: DevOps for the DBA. Learn how to include the database in a #DevOps process in this precon from… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 12 hours ago
The Current Book
MVP Award
Tags
- administration
- AI
- auditing
- Azure
- backup
- Backup/Recovery
- blogging
- business
- career
- career2
- Cloud Computing
- containers
- continuous delivery
- continuous integration
- coping
- data
- data analysis
- database design
- databases
- Database Weekly
- data privacy
- dbatools
- DevOps
- disaster recovery
- DLM
- encryption
- Friday Poll
- GDPR
- Git
- goals
- hardware
- high availability
- Humor
- life
- Linux
- machine learning
- mcm
- Microsoft
- misc
- monitoring
- networking
- NoSQL
- PASS
- patching
- Performance
- powershell
- presentations
- Redgate
- republish
- sabbatical
- security
- software development
- software development
- speaking
- SQL Clone
- SQL Compare
- SQL Connections
- SQL in the City
- SQLNewBlogger
- SQL Prompt
- SQL Saturday
- sql server
- SQLServerCentral
- SSMS
- syndicated
- T-SQL
- T-SQL Tuesday
- testing
- travel
- tsqlt
- vacation
- version control
- webinar
- windows
- work
Tag Archives: copyright
The API Battle
I think Oracle is a fine database platform, maybe too expensive, but it works. However, I’m not a fan of the company, and I find myself less enamored with them when I read about this case. This the Oracle v … Continue reading
Sharing Code
This editorial was originally published on Jan 25, 2011. It is being re-run as Steve is on vacation. It seems that almost every week I encounter some form of plagiarism it the SQL Server community. Whether its from SQLServerCentral or … Continue reading
Software Patents
I highly dislike the current patent system in the US. I think awarding patents for an idea like “1-click purchasing” is a poor practice that discourages innovation. There are numerous problems with our patent system, not the least of which … Continue reading
Is my blog infringing on anything?
There was a recent uproar about a session delivered recently. A company thinks that the session infringed on their intellectual property. The Midnight DBAs had a short write up here that summarizes, and expresses some amazement. I am sure that … Continue reading
