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Re:The 12 step process to download Microsoft SQL Server Expr... by longzheng on Monday June 16, 2014 @08:03AM (#7898546)
(Author) Yep there is definitely an instant download page. Strange it's not the #1 result on Google. The #1 result is actually the thing as I've annotated.
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Re:The 12 step process to download Microsoft SQL Server Expr... by BrentOzar on Monday June 16, 2014 @08:07AM (#7898563)
> Yep there is definitely an instant download page. Strange it's not the #1 result on Google.

Not strange at all. The #1 page is heavily SEOd by the marketing SEO teams. The technical download pages don't have the luxury of full time SEO teams.

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Re:The 12 step process to download Microsoft SQL Server Expr... by _red on Monday June 16, 2014 @08:58AM (#7898768)
>Not strange at all.

What exactly is the purposes of a marketing team which prevents interested users from using your products?

There is no marketing to be done at that point - the market has already found you.

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Re:The 12 step process to download Microsoft SQL Server Expr... by RobAley on Monday June 16, 2014 @10:23AM (#7899179)
Think of them more as a sales team than a marketing one, they're trying to upsell you, and presumably it works in enough cases as they keep doing it.
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