Bow to the Power of MS SQL
It’s been a little over two weeks now since my duties changed for the day job. I’ve learned lots of new things and have a better grip on the overall big picture of the company than I ever had before — which is way cool (job security). I’ve moved from a nice spacious broom closet (literally) in the Art Department, to a Dilbertesque cubicle office a third the size in the IS Development group. I’m now officially part of the web development team, and my first task is to become the resident expert in MS SQL.
Now, I’ve been a staunch believer/supporter/advocate of Filemaker for many, many years. But today I must publicly proclaim that I’m officially blown away with the power of MS SQL 2000. I was able (as a newbie mind you) to pull data together for a report in about a tenth the time that it would’ve taken me in FMP (and that’s with years of experience). Yeah… some cool stuff here. And — I don’t even mind doing the whole Windows thing either (never thought I’d say that).
Anyway, just a quick post to say “I’m still here — and yes, Yasu is being worked on, just not as often as I’d like it to be.” If I can only get the next month or two out of the way…
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[...] But Microsoft never stands still. They continue to refine and improve what they sell and they understand how to make the products useful for the business workplace, and at the end of the day, that goes at least as far in making them competitive as does any marketing effort. Some of their software, like SQL and .NET, is just great - not perfect, but it is great. You can sit down and do useful stuff relatively quickly with it, stuff that’s beneficial to the people you’re coding for. Even the stray Mac coder comes to this conclusion occasionally. [...]
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