The iPad/SQL Monitor Results

Dec 20 2010

The iPad/SQL Monitor Results

I ended up with 131 posts (1 late hit, sorry), not counting any duplicates with Brent or Steve. It was clear that people really took this thing seriously and put thought and effort into the posts. I wish I had about 60 iPad’s to give away instead of only 10. But, decisions had to be made. The point system is utterly meaningless, but, points were awarded for pithiness (I warned you), for a well-turned phrase, and as much as I’m loathe to admit it, for poetry (just because of the work involved). Originally, I planned on just randomly picking the winner. But, I only had 131 entries, and you all worked so hard, I decided to read them all and work hard for you in return. This really was a lot of fun for the time of year. Thank you all for taking part. Thanks to Brent Ozar (blog|twitter) and Steve Jones (blog|twitter) for their hard work behind the scenes. Thank you Red Gate, the SQL Monitor Team, the DBA Team, and the Friends of Red Gate, for sponsoring such a wonderful contest and for picking this blog as one of the three.

In no particular order, here are my top 10 posts, and the winners of the iPad and SQL Monitor license:

Gianluca Sartori - For “Sometimes I ask myself if you’re married with me or with your boss”
Allen Kinsel - ‘Cause I identify with the need to monitor the teenage daughter
Gary L - Because, just because
Tim - Because he avoided the use of Nantucket
Wendy - For “play file tetris to keep your apps running” because it’s a game I play too
Carla Johnson - To help
Matt Whitfield - Haiku, what else can I say
Jane - While not a tea fan, I support the effort here
Dave Mulanaphy – How could I not support the efforts here
Allen White - He said PowerShell

Tomorrow I might pick a different 10. These were all excellent posts. Congratulations to the winners.

Tags: ipad, red gate, sql monitor

Misc | Grant Fritchey | 20 December 2010 |

12 Comments

By Roy Ernest, December 20, 2010 @ 9:25 am

Congrats to the winners. There goes my iPad.
By Dave Mulanaphy, December 20, 2010 @ 10:19 am

Thanks to Red Gate and Grant for an amazing gift and the fuctionality SQL Monitor will provide!
By Carla Johnson, December 20, 2010 @ 10:40 am

This is my second time posting this…

Thank you so much, Grant and Redgate! I really need this software. Christmas has come early for me!
By Cameron Mergel, December 20, 2010 @ 11:06 am

Congrats to the winners and thaks to Red-Gate.
Merry Christmas!
By Allen Kinsel, December 20, 2010 @ 11:13 am

I dont know what to say, Thanks seems so Pithy, guess its appropriate tho!

Thanks again for running an awesome contest, The Software and the Ipad, I’ve actually got some great ideas for photos so, those will be coming!
By Matt Whitfield, December 20, 2010 @ 11:20 am

Awesome thanks!

I’m going to be setting up some monitoring on my servers for Christmas
By Gary L, December 20, 2010 @ 4:32 pm

Thanks Red Gate and thanks to Grant Fritchey!…just because
By Jason Saltsman, December 21, 2010 @ 9:49 pm

Congrats to the winners! I’ll be jealous of you this Christmas!
By Jane, December 22, 2010 @ 9:42 am

Squee! Thank you! I’m not sure which I’m more excited about: the monitoring software, or the iPad. I LOVE SQL Monitor, but I only have one licence so far… now I can monitor my cluster
By Tim, December 22, 2010 @ 12:27 pm

There once was a DBA who was scary
His contest made 10 people merry
For they won an iPad
Much monitoring could be had
Now we leave for vacation with no terry

Thank you, Tim
By Grant Fritchey, December 22, 2010 @ 2:00 pm

Ha! That’s excellent. Thank you.