My friends are scratching their heads these days and staring blankly at me. For the benefit of those that don't know me, let me tell you a brief story. I am married to Microsoft. I have been married to Microsoft for the better part of 15 years. It began when I became a Windows 2.0 (286/386) programmer. I have been using SQL Server since it was owned by Sybase (and Ashton Tate, but we won't go there). I have written seminars for Microsoft, spoken internationally for them at their events, written training and shot video tapes on Microsoft C/C++, MFC,...