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Although it hardly seems possible, this issue marks the tenth anniversary of SQL Server Magazine. As long-time readers will remember, we launched the magazine in the SQL Server 7.0 timeframe. Back in 1998, SQL Server was a distant third in the enterprise database market and was regarded as a small-scale departmental database- easy to use but not ready for the enterprise. How things have changed.
SQL Server 7.0: Re-Architecture
The release of SQL Server 7.0 marked the ascension of SQL Server into the enterprise. Microsoft brought in a core group of experienced database designers who rewrote the old Sybase code that was the basis of earlier releases. As David Campbell, Microsoft Technical Fellow in the Data and Platform division, said last year, "A bunch of us came to Microsoft from different database experiences. We had guys who worked on IBM DB2, Tandem, Oracle, Sybase, Informix. We landed at Microsoft in 1994, 1995, and 1996, and we started...