My favorite part of this writeup is the revelation that the "TIMESTAMP" type in MS SQL Server is not what 99.9% of reasonable, non-insane people would consider

My favorite part of this writeup is the revelation that the "TIMESTAMP" type in MS SQL Server is not what 99.9% of reasonable, non-insane people would consider it to be – namely, a timestamp. From the MS SQL Server documentation the author links to: "The timestamp data type is just an incrementing number and does not preserve a date or a time. To record a date or time, use a datetime data type." Seriously? In what way is that even remotely acceptable? How many PMs and QA engineers saw that and were like, "Cool makes sense SHIP IT."? If MS SQL Server were a person, he'd be a colossal asshole.