In late 2005, Microsoft as a company was humming (I’m a little biased here) in the enterprise space and so was the SQL Server product. In October of 2005, we were close to releasing SQL Server 2005 (code name Yukon) which was unfortunately 5 years in the making (that is a story for another book; just ask Paul Randal). I was in Microsoft Support in those days, and despite the delay in getting SQL Server 2005 to market, I was very proud of the release. Windows, Windows Server, Office, and Xbox 360 were all popular products from Microsoft.
In October of 2005, an architect new to Microsoft ...
