The blurb: "Introducing Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 explores the exciting enhancements and new capabilities engineered into SQL Server, ranging from improvements in operation to those in reporting and management. This book is for anyone who has an interest in SQL Server 2012 and wants to understand its capabilities, including database administrators, application developers, and technical decision makers."
I agree.
Just "purchased" and saved the book for future reference.
Nice centerfold…
With a kindle?
Sure you can!
It's a mistake, IMO, to choose -co$tly- MS SQL Server 2012
over the Free, Open Source (last time I checked) MySQL.
(This "free" is just Microsoft marketing.)
My 2.2 cents only
PS: Don't take my word for it; to find out why I think so:
You might like talk (free at Stanford's eCorner) by ex-CEO
Marten Mickos, formerly of MySQL AB (ie, the Swedish company,
responsible for creating & marketing MySQL) speaking to
budding entrepreneurs (students in Stanford's eCorner pro-
gram); hear Marten Mickos (currently with Eucalytus.com):
(If you liked that, you'll like Guy Kawasaki's talk better! :-)
(Guy is funny & informative, eg, on Marketing & Apple, Inc.)
what if you are developing using asp.net. I agree that SQL Server is equivalent or worse than MySQL but if you're gonna to .NET programming the tight integration of SQL Server is well worth it. Sure MySQL can be made to work with enterprise solution but it doesn't work as well.
BUT Nokia, yahoo and countless other companies are using mySQL so enterprise support is there
Yes, find out why from someone who used to represent MySQL, specifically for their marketing……
How about looking at some independent reviews:
http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/1920/microsoft-sql-ser…
http://www.tometasoftware.com/mysql_vs_sqlserver.asp
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/mysql-or-sql-server-look…
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1757820/c-sharp-mysql-vs-…
Conclusion by most people in the industry: it depends on the situation.
That's fair enough, but don't forget the -cost- issue.
There are plenty of non-profits & others (eg, start-ups)
who increase their chances of paying their bills, eg,
by using Free, Open Source software (FOSS).
Cities in Germany are -saving- their residents millions
by choosing FOSS.
If it's no worse, why -wouldn't- you choose FOSS?
-Except- for habit, [hope of] financial gain, etc
My 2.2. cents, as always. :-)
I know about the cost issue, and that's mentioned in all the reviews I listed. Cost is just another factor in determining whether it's appropriate for the situation.
In commercial environment, products are rarely chosen based on initial outlay but rather for associated support contract.
Being "open-source" is hardly an advantage, and there are plenty of disadvantages, like a vulnerability being openly publicised.
Having a such a vulnerability published could -also- mean
getting more eyes on its source code, so (hopefully) a
quicker solution is implemented to the issue. :-)
Perfect!
Bit of light reading before bed.
Guaranteed to bring on sleep.
Marked to download on my non-existent Kindle.. At least if I get a Kindle, it will auto download after setup.
Why wait?
Get Kindle for your PC, Mac, Android tab/phone, etc.
- it's -also- Free, eg, by download from Amazon.com
warning: do not operate heavy machinery while reading book
The book is available as a PDF free download from MSDN..
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/education/archive/2012/03/29/free-te…
Thanks. No need to buy a kindle now!
Thank you so much for the PDF link.
I have also installed kindle reader on my galaxy tab and reading it now.
Awesome Kindle can wait. Thanks
You don't need a Kindle to read this, the Kindle app is available for pretty much any device and OSX/Windows.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=10004937…
you can also use the kindle cloud reader, direct link to pdf is a winner though
Work perfectly on my kindle for android
It now is 0.48$
"Kindle Price: $0.00"?? Just 'bought' it and opened it up in Kindle Cloud Reader without problems.
downloaded today (14 may) and it's still free!
"…exciting enhancements and new capabilities"? Yeah…no!
This is also available as a PDF directly from msdn
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2012/03/15/f…
Exciting! Lol!
Can't go wrong for free I guess