On SQL Server and romance

Summary: Quick comment on SQL Server and PostgreSQL.

Quote of the day comes from Rob Sullivan:

"The SQL Server install is born from a truck stop romance between TFS and Sharepoint that someone found in a garbage bag in a dumpster and burned to a DVD."

Ha-ha... so true.

On a separate note, Rob's post raised my interest in PostgreSQL. I wonder, what challenges PostgreSQL presents to user, admins and developers (especially to those coming from the SQL Server camp).

I don't want to wear the ribbon!

Summary: I'm no Cosmo Kramer, but I also do not like the ribbon.

I keep hearing and reading articles from people announcing how (often after a short struggle) they fell in love with Microsoft's ribbon interface, but after using it for quite a while (mostly in the Microsoft Office products), I still feel more like Kramer:


Is there something wrong with me?