Tag Archives: Microsoft SQL Server

OLE DB and SQL Server: History, End-Game, and some Microsoft “dirt”

Posted on September 25, 2011 by

Last month the Microsoft SQL Server team effectively sounded the death knell for Microsoft’s OLE DB.  I say “effectively” because while SQL Server isn’t the only implementor of OLE DB, it is (or rather was) Microsoft’s flagship for this data … Continue reading →

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Porting Microsoft SQL Server to Linux

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

I’ve been asked many times over the years about a port of Microsoft SQL Server to *nix (as we used to call it, since Unix was the primary offering in the Enterprise while Linux was just gaining traction).  Most recently … Continue reading →

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Why are there so many website security breaches?

Posted on July 26, 2011 by

Over the weekend my wife and I decided to go pay our last respects to Borders Books.  I could write a blog entry on why they failed (which includes missing the Internet, then missing e-Readers), or why we bought nothing … Continue reading →

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