Greg Low mentioned the new licensing model for Database Edition is his post on the topic a few days ago. What does this mean for you? Here's my take: Now that Database Edition is included (free as in beer) with Developer Edition, application developers can take advantage of some of the awesome features built into Database Edition. What are ...

Tech Ed 2008 included some major announcements for database development folks. One of the biggees was this - and announcement that Database Edition is going to support DB2 development! Gert and the team have been working hard to expand the underlying architecture and functionality of Database Edition (making it extrememly difficult for ...

I am honored to be the guest of a .Net Rocks! show on Database Testing! Richard Campbell, Carl Franklin, and I recorded the show last night and I had a lot of fun! Richard and I commiserated about the ''DBA condition'' in the enterprise. Everyone shared ''war stories'' about projects. A good time was had by all. I have to thank ...