Well, End Users. Yes they did.

Post #260,037 by folkert 6/26/06 3:01:39 PM Reply	Well, End Users. Yes they did. IN fact that is where it finally ended up. In MS SQL and ADO.NET I remember a comic that had Thomas Edison in it. He was improving the phonograph he invented. But on the wall was some fancy "Stereo Equipment of the 90's". A colleague came and asked what that was "over there". Edison's reply was something like, "Oh that's the prototype, but we can't let the incremental upgrade market goto waste." Blah. I wish I could find it. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* Freedom is not FREE. Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars? SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0; 0 rows returned.
Post #260,041 by drewk 6/26/06 3:34:22 PM Reply	So you think 'file search' was MS's WMDs? Sounds like you're saying they wanted a reason to write a new file-system that made SQL Server more efficient. But doing that would piss off the rest of the software industry, and would (correctly) be seen as leveraging their OS monopoly to extend an advantage into the database sector, in which they have real competition. So they instead put forth the explanation that they were trying to help people keep track of content on their huge new disks, knowing from the start that there was no way it could ever work for that. Was that what you were getting at, or did I just make up my own conspiracy theory? === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #260,151 by folkert 6/27/06 2:01:32 PM Reply	Spot on. I've got to stop giving out to much info... you got it in one shot. Either that, or you are finally seeing things the way I see them. Scary either way. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* Freedom is not FREE. Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars? SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0; 0 rows returned.

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