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I saw this link on someones blog. Can’t remember whose. Oh well. Here it is.

Bottom line - it takes some time to work properly so you might as well set the db up right from the beginning to do Snapshot isolationRead it here

Dan has been looking for open source alternatives to SQL Server. How’s dis?

Bob has been digging through CLR integration with SQL Server 2005 Here it is

If this catalog of open source projects actually does cover more than Sourceforge, it could be useful link.

In the case of Borland Interbase something interesting happens - Firebird
I’ve looked at Interbase as an alternative to SQL Server 6.5 about 6 years ago. Back then it was a rock-solid engine that had made a lot of inroads in the embedded software arena where the typicl hickups of SQL Server 4 / […]

Eric Sink, the man behind SourceGear Vault, shares some thougths about the difficulties of pricing his tool. Article Here/

And then there is the video of Pinky the cat. Its just what you need on a tough day. Video Here

The SQL Server 2005 site is up at MS. Here is a link to it

Now there is a sincere plea if I ever heard one. Cool. Details on preventing attacks here

Here is a Mono Community website with examples apps like IBuySpy and nGallery.

So here is a guy that developed some (albeit subjective) numbers on the performance of ListDictionaries versus Hashtables versus HybridDictionary. Read all about it.

Following the long line of other MSDN articles I came across recently this one deals with web services. Co-Authored by Yasser Shohoud

You can’t ever have too many of these color picking utilities.Check it ou.

Dino Esposito on the new GridView Control in ASP.NET 2.0Read it.

Scott has a couple of well stated opinions. The first is about datasets and web services. Read it here
The second is his discussion of multi-tiered (multi-layered) architecture. Both are fun.

Ken Getz discusses Generics in a very non-generic way. Its VB.NET but it brings the point across. Article here
The same issue of MSDN Magazine contains a write up of automating the testing of stored procs. Not sure about the feasibility of this. But here it is.

Scott Mitchell also has a base class example that uses js. Article here

This is really very funny and somewhat insightful. I can see why I am an expert at a couple of things…. Read it.

A few things just got dropped from the ASP.NET 2 list of new features. Read more.