@dstar: Seems like we have to wait until Monday, before we can install it on computers with VS: http://coolthingoftheday.blogspot.com/2008/08/sql-server-2008-rtm-requiresinstalls.html

Express Edition (and CE?) will be available at the end of the month.

Installing now... First, .NET 3.5 SP1 (no mentions of it being beta or anything) :)

"Hard work pays off later, laziness pays off now"

But seriously, I agree: good article :)

Well, at least it is very slightly related to the topic.

DNK-topic: I hope it comes with the final version of .NET 3.5 SP1 :)

It must be some prioritizing thing, then. First Jemm, then companies, finally the one where that powerrush-guy works ;)

36 steps?? I'll leave that long walks to athletes..

Well, currently it comes at ~860KB/s. Tomorrow maybe slower.. or whenever they announce it somewhere officially.

One size fits all :)

They all are 3 gigs, even the web.

thanks for participating in being banned -program ;)

LINQ isn't only about connecting to a database or just one ORM among others. Just learning to use LINQ to Objects effectively is very powerful. I think that learning LINQ is important if one wants to be efficient with C# or VB.NET. I'm sure that the importance of the LINQ will grow in coming versions of .NET.

Btw, one example how powerful LINQ is: Raytracer built with a single LINQ-query: http://blogs.msdn.com/lukeh/archive/2007/10/01/taking-linq-to-objects-to-extremes-a-fully-linqified-raytracer.aspx (Not very efficient, but shows the expressiveness)

Easier to read full screen: http://www.evangelistech.com/xpsviewer/

Maybe they are trying to kill Google with laughter? ;)

Anyway, I recently read that 1% of the search market is worth one billion $, so can't blame them for trying to get even a slice.

See also this test page:
http://www.picturespice.com/ps/Polyhedra/ClientBin/TestPage.html

@gavin: rules are rules... enjoy DNK before somebody bans you ;)