OK, so this is interesting. I've got a few answers to my last survey (Tipping Point Query #1) and well, there's a good mix of answers (and, yes, some are correct! ;)). Be sure to go back and review that last post so that you can evaluate it and these two tipping point questions completely. [...]

Along the same lines of improving database design and getting better performance on SQL Server (which [IMO] DOES take an experienced SQL Server database developer – but, we'll talk more about "whose job this really is" in many more posts and probably even a RunAs – which Richard and I just setup to record on [...]