Years ago Andy Warren and I were talking about the Database Weekly newsletter and what we wanted to include in each edition. We knew there wasn't enough news on a weekly basis, so we decided that we'd add blogs from various individuals as well as press releases, patches, and other items related to databases and SQL Server. At some point, we realized we were getting older and one of the unfortunate things that happen is people pass away. We thought about including obituaries as well since we knew a lot of people and we wanted to remember them. We did and this evolved into sqlmemorial.org, which I maintain out of a repo online.

I got a notice to renew the domain recently and I realized that I hadn't updated this site in quite some time. That's a relief and I was glad that I haven't gotten any notes about anyone in the data community dying.

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