Randall C. Kennedy

He is notable for determining an undocumented change to Microsoft SQL Server 's default handling of which network library is used in it's Net-Lib (it changed from Named Pipes to TCP/IP in Microsoft Data Access Components 2.6, but was only noticed and rectified in version 2.7). He also discovered some strange Benchmark results when comparing performance of SQL Server on Windows NT 4 versus Windows 2000 however caused a stir when he was prevented from publishing them in the magazine '' Network World '' after Microsoft threatened Legal Action on him because of a term in SQL Server's Click-wrap Agreement .

REFERENCES

Foster, Ed (2001). "Is it OK for Microsoft and others to forbid disclosure of benchmark results?"

Fontana, Joe (March 5, 2001). "Microsoft gets tough with independent testers" . '' Network World ''.

Kennedy, Randall C. (November 21, 2001). "It's not a bug, it's a feature" . '' InfoWorld ''.

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