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Thanks for your feedback Marc,
How about this - does that help convince you? 
With regards the actual survey;
It's intent is to be short and brief and to qualify who we'd like to have follow-up conversations with. This is why we ask for contact details at the end, so we can schedule a 30 min conversation with you. So we're not trying to understand everything about you from these two questions.
How is Azure relevant to NoSQL? Well, good question. We build & run Azure. We also build & run a number of NoSQL services on Azure (like DocumentDB, Table & Blob, Hadoop, Redis, Datastax Cassandra etc.)
Perhaps the intent of the survey is not clear, I can address that.
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Marc Clifton wrote: And what does the Azure question have to do with NoSQL?
My feeling is that a lot of people into 'new' technology are also using cloud based technology. So to some extent those that use a cloud server are more likely to use a nosql server as well.
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You and your buddy have both been reported for spamming. If, as you say, you are genuine, then you should make a proper, formal, approach to the site administrators to get your surveys published here.
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I am confused by -
"This question: Which of these NoSQL technologies do you actively use for production workloads, or are actively experimenting with?
Requires an answer. I have not worked with any NoSQL technology, and neither is "other" an option."
If you aren't using, or experimenting with any then this survey isn't really for you.
However, "other" is an option with a space to type "none" if you wish.
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Ryan @ Microsoft wrote: If you aren't using, or experimenting with any then this survey isn't really for you.
Well, I find NoSql to be a very narrow solution and an overly cited "let's use this cool crap" technology, so it damn well is pertinent that I have not worked on any NoSQL technology. I avoid it like the plague. Maybe you should consider that as part of the survey.
Anyways, I'm done. I'll be very curious what others think of your claim that you're actually from Microsoft.
Marc
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Fair enough. And yes, I guess that is valuable feedback. I have amended the survey and added another option "None".
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Marc Clifton wrote: and an overly cited "let's use this cool crap" technology,
To be fair it isn't like that is something new in the tech industry. I remember when CASE tools were going to make programmers obsolete.
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Ryan @ Microsoft wrote: and what you hate
Flavor of the week for those that can't understand how a relational database works.
Of course often they can't be bothered to understand even how mongodb works or even what a coherent data model is.
Fits in well with the standard way that agile works (not how it is supposed to work but how it is in fact used) with the implement now and plan later (or not at all) idiom.
Only thing I have found that I think might be useful is that it might be able to handle continuous streaming video better than a normal database. Of course overall in the business world that is a very small segment.
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"Really", I replied.
"Yes, I want you to get down and dirty", she stated.
"Anything you desire", I foolishly respond.
6 cubic yards of soil, and a bag of grass seed later ...
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Thank goodness she did not use the word "frack" !
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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Why didn't Tarzan have a beard?
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He just couldn't swing it?
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I think you're barking up the wrong tree.
/ravi
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Because Jane listed it as one of her turn-offs?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Who needs a beard when you're in hair situations every day?
Marc
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The apes made him shave in order to prevent him passing as one of them.
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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Time for a nice drive... Tomorrow I'm heading for Missouri, leaving around midnight, to visit my friend Denise's brother. On the way, though, she insists that we stop in Amarillo to have a steak at the Big Texan; she saw that lady eat three 72 oz steaks in 20 minutes, and I think she wants to try it herself. I'll stick with a small ribeye, I think, and maybe a salad.
Any thoughts about what else might be interesting in the Amarillo area? I've never driven through this part of the country before, so have no idea what might be there other than cattle and coyotes.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Big Texan's menu[^] is making me salivate. It's almost 3:00pm here and all I've had all day is a couple of cookies and 2 cups of coffee. Cravin' red meat... I think it's gonna be a nice Southstreet burger + Five Guy's cajun fries + a large (home made) salad for dinner tonight. And possibly a beer. 
/ravi
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We barbequed 16 large ribeyes at the office yesterday, so I have leftovers to gnaw on. The linemen save scrap wire and turn it in for recycling periodically, and we used the proceeds from last week for a major chow-down. Roasted taters covered in onions and cheddar... grilled corn on the cob dripping with melted butter...
Shall I warm you up a slab? Or would you rather have a nice ham sandwich? 
Will Rogers never met me.
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Dang. A large pool of saliva has appeared at my keyboard. That ham sandwich ain't got nothin' on steak. 
/ravi
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Roger Wright wrote: Any thoughts about what else might be interesting in the Amarillo area?
Looks like pretty slim pickings.[^] Wow, what a total lack of culture.
Marc
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Yeah, I can hardly wait to see the RV museum. 
We considered going to the zoo, but if I want to see a jackass, I'll watch C-SPAN for free.
Will Rogers never met me.
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The Cadillac Ranch is worth a photograph. Maybe.
/ravi
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Roger Wright wrote: I can hardly wait to see the RV museum.
Yeah, I can't believe they made a museum of an RV park. WTF?
Roger Wright wrote: if I want to see a jackass, I'll watch C-SPAN for free.
Marc
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...and don't miss the Helium Monument!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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