Last week, I challenged y’all to come up with slogans for SQL Server 2022.
I have to confess that when I came up with the idea for that blog post, I thought y’all would take it seriously. I thought you’d come up with ideas that were meant to show off Microsoft’s hard work.
I should have known better.
Being readers of this blog, many of you share my oddball sense of humor, and you came up with totally goofy stuff. I laughed out loud a lot. Here are my 3 favorite entries, each of which won a Level 3 Bundle with a Live Class Season Pass, Recorded Class Season Pass, Consultant Toolkit, and SQL ConstantCare:
“SQL 2022 – When You’re *Almost* Ready for the Cloud” – Will
“SQL Server 2022 – Your data can rest Azure’d.” Will S.
“SQL Server 2022 – We added some new things but left all the broken things you’ve come to love” – Bo J. Anderson
Honorable Mentions:
I know I said I was only gonna pick 3 winners, but there were so many good ones that I had to take it up a notch. These 10 folks also won a Level 2 Bundle with a Recorded Class Season Pass, Consultant Toolkit, and SQL ConstantCare:
“SQL Server 2022: Something Something Blockchain” – Ryan A.
“SQL Server 2022: Now even a better way to store excel spreadsheets” – Leon Spangenberg
“Yo dawg, I heard you like SQL, so I made a sequel to your SQL so you can Error 1205 : Transaction (Process ID) was deadlocked on resources with another process and has been chosen as the deadlock victim. Rerun the transaction.” – Edgar Evans Cayce III
“SQL Server 2022: because we know you didn’t like 2020 and 2021 too.” – Gustav Swanepoel
“Leave the gun. Take SQL Server 2022.” – Federico Minca
“SQL Server 2022: Pay Purview” – Andre Speek
“SQL Server 2022: We number a year ahead, but we’re really a decade behind” – Michael Paul
“SQL 2022 – Paved with Good Intentions ™” – Caroline
“SQL Server 2022: Now with Cloud Entanglement” – Kevin McDonnell
And a bonus winner, Mattia Nocerino actually drew a new logo:
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Nice! Congrats to the winners!
Congrats to winners!
I know I’m late, but:
SQL Server 2022: Another bullet for your resume.
That was fun! Thanks for the opportunity Brent!
Thanks for the slogan, sir!
Thank you for all that you do for the community, Brent. And thank you very much for the competition.
Contest / competition.
Well I hope I made you smirk at least (:
Thanks for your generosity, Brent! I’m looking forward to some classes.
Also, I made one of my submissions was serious in case that’s what you were really looking for 😛
Absolutely brill, gave me a good laugh 🙂
When reading the post I thought you were looking for “real” sales slogans, but after checking some of the comments – wasn’t sure at all.
Just for sales slogans sake: SQL 2022 – the language may be declarative, but the new features are REAL.
I was, hahaha! I was so surprised when the comments started rolling in, heh.
laughed so hard I got a “core” workout… …my favorites are Caroline’s “Paved with Good Intentions (TM)” and Kevin’s “Now With Cloud Entanglement”. You two should consider moonlighting in advertising.
LOL thanks! With so many great suggestions I was surprised to have made the cut.
Woohoo! Guess I’m gonna be busy watching videos this weekend! Thanks Brent! 😉
Those are great. Congrats to the winners.