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4/1     Yet another April fools post that pissed some people off
        http://www.sswug.org/columnists/editorial.asp?id=623
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Post or Read Comments & Feedback Stephen Wynkoop SQL Server for Linux, Unix-based Systems, Xbox (4/1/2005 newsletter) Microsoft Announces SQL Server for Linux, Unix-based Systems, Support for Xbox Development - SEATTLE, WASHINGTON (SNews) April 1, 2005 Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer today announced that Microsoft wil l be releasing a version of SQL Server for the Linux/Unix operating syst ems concurrent with the release of Microsofts flagship SQL Server 2005 p roduct. The expanded platform and audience for SQL Server will also inc lude the Xbox development platform, paving the way for a completely inte grated consumer applications development platform. We thought it was important to address the Linux/Unix marketplace, provid ing a key database for their use on that platform as applications are de veloped and deployed, Ballmer said in an interview today. In addition, with the Xbox development opportunities, its clear that SQL Server is th e database platform that can now be used in the full customer lifecycle from business-related applications support to consumer and gaming applic ations, the full line of SQL Server offerings will be available to suppo rt those needs. This includes full Reporting Services integr ation into the consumer platform, and the ability to interface local Xbo x needs with the new Xbox Live database enhancement APIs. Microsoft will be developing components for the Visual Studio development environments to support the new interfaces to SQL ServerS "Soma" Soma segar, Corporate Vice President for Microsofts Developer Division said w ere really excited having a comprehensive platform to develop against op ens up all sorts of options for developers. These options can even incl ude things like working the Xbox controller interface into the overall w eb application the possibilities are endless, and we have been working h ard to build these capabilities and testing tools into the new Visual St udio Team toolsets. Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in sof tware for personal computers. The company offers a wide range of product s and services for business and personal use, each designed with the mis sion of making it easier and more enjoyable for people to take advantage of the full power of personal computing every day. Microsoft, Windows NT, SQL Server, Xbox and Visual Studio are either regi stered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. Other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respect ive owners. Array implementation using T-SQL (Eli Leiba) Here are 3 T-SQL procedure to implement array handling in T-S QL , create an array as a narrow global,temporary table with an index co lumn and a value column and a procedure for handling get,add and put ope rations. TOP N Records in Oracle, SQL Server and DB2 UDB (Rahul Sharma) If you want to select only the top n records from a query (or a range of records say 25 records from 25th to the 50th record), the re are differences in the syntax and the logic used for the 3 RDBMS * Happy April 1/April Fools Day Everyone. com, google, slashdot or anything else w ould have shown this to be an April Fools joke. If this site - a paid site for some - where people come for answers for real situations goes and attempts t o deviate from the truth, even on April 1st, should anyone consider it f or real news... net technologiy software into Linux), is about the expectations we ha ve as users of this site. Read below for a formal MS Press response: (po sted: 4/1/2005 3:09:58 PM) This is indeed a hoax and is not true -- please feel free to share this i nformation with your friends and colleagues. I'm including several links that are great resources for verifying the validity of postings and mai ls. If you have additional questions, please contact Microsoft directly at 425-882-8080. com/presspass" (posted: 4/1/2005 3:09:45 PM) I personally don't like jokes like this on a site that I respect and use for a source of information. I thought it was funny but at same time not a good thing to do. com/ (posted: 4/1/2 005 11:35:44 AM) This is great I've gotten at least 10 buddies all excited about this. I c an take a joke like anyone else, but to put such content in a newsletter and on the web site when it has far reaching implications... There should at least be an obscure asterik pointing elsewher e that the article was a parody or an attempt at light hearted humor. Not to mention there is no info about this press release on Microsoft's site. is not possible to port SQL 2005 to linux without the CLR" I think it a joke, but I wouldn't go as far as u sing the words OF COURSE. How do you or I know what Microsoft has been w orking on. For all you know they have created a CLR for Unix/Linux. Net Framework (posted: 4/1/2005 9:32:45 AM) Well I can't find any info on this anywhere else. It would be great news, but not in the 2005 will this ever be true. I feel like such a tool if this was An april fools joke (posted: 4/1 /2005 7:30:12 AM) Is this an April Fools' Day joke? Editorial Dates Please select from the dates below to see the editorial for that date.