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Photos: SQL Server rocks on

By Bill Detwiler

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Photos: SQL Server rocks on
Photos: SQL Server rocks on
Photos: SQL Server rocks on

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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer treads the boards at the Moscone West convention center in San Francisco for the rocking launch of the long-awaited updates to SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005. rnrn

The event, which took place Nov. 7, 2005, also featured the introduction of BizTalk Server 2006.

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Photos: SQL Server rocks on

The band Cheap Trick served as a warm-up act for Ballmer’s rock music-themed unveiling of new enterprise software products from Microsoft.

Photos: SQL Server rocks on

Paul Otellini, CEO of chipmaking giant Intel, joined Ballmer on stage to talk about the performance gains that his company and Microsoft have made in taking on Unix and mainframe rivals.

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By Bill Detwiler
Bill Detwiler is the Editor for Technical Content and Ecosystem at Celonis. He is the former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and previous host of TechRepublic's Dynamic Developer podcast and Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show.