SQL Server Magazine post about the Quest SQL community

SQL Server Magazine just posted an interview with Billy Bosworth about the Quest Association for SQL Server Experts.  One of the quotes that stood out for me was:

“We want real people who do real jobs . . . that can interact with us very early in the process of building a product. That helps us to identify what the real pains are out there.”

I’m a member of the QASSE (I like to pronounce it in a way that rhymes with “posse”, but that’s just me) and I can vouch for Billy’s quote.  Every time I’ve interacted with Quest, it’s been a learning experience for both sides.  They ask a lot of questions about how their products are used, and how they can be used better.  They put a lot of time and effort into that listening, and they’re not just giving a BS marketing line.