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I did mention the SQL Profiler presentation in an early posting but what I didn't mention is that the Connecticut .NET Developer SIG meets twice a month (.NET & SQL Server). It's well worth attending - you get to meet the local .NET developers, stuff down pizzas and at the end of the meeting they have a raffle - I won the Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 Resource Kit last night. Great way to end that day. Next meeting is on May 27th and is open to all.

First time in the area (& about time) -

Sam Gentile is venturing out (aka 'putting up a shingle'). He is a 'doctor' of .NET development - his work with the VS.NET Groove Toolkit is very deeply appreciated by us in the Groove developer community. Sam's work was recognized & rewarded in the Jolt awards - to those in the software development business that's almost like a Noble prize. Thanks & good luck.

This evening I attended Bill Sulcius' presentation  on SQL Profiler which is a debugging and performance utility in SQL2K Server. It's something you have to know if you develop for SQL2K. Bill Sulcius is a Senior Consultant at the Microsoft office in Farmington, CT. He is an endless source of information and support regarding SQL Servers. His prior presentation in April on DTS was one of his best and very much appreciated - DTS occupies about 2/3rd of all Data Warehouse project efforts, so knowing more about it is a boon.

Borland has announced their C#/.NET Builder tools along with the prices. $69 for a personal edition and $999 for a professional version. That's fourteen times as much! jeez... I don't see developers flocking for that one. I'll stick with my VS.NET (under MSDN Universal, of course).

I have spoken with folks who have seen 'Yukon' first-hand. This is one kick-ass product, quite simply nothing like it before. There are two features that'll redefine the database market - 'Reporting Services' (demise of Crystal Reports ?) and the embedding of CLR in the database engine (but no mention of using MC++). The latter feature will finally put to rest Oracle boasts on TPC scores.

Found an interesting example of a Report Feed Client - a RSS like client for use with Crystal Reports. Great possibilities with my SQL2K Ent Server. Can't wait to see 'Yukon' work its magic with its Reporting Services.

From ComputerWorld [05.07.03] - "Microsoft Corp. plans to offer corporate customers a version of its Dr. Watson error-reporting tool to help administrators pinpoint and solve software problems."