http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinremde/archive/2006/06/13/435601.aspxDay 2 &ndash; A Proper TechEd Day Finally got into the typical TechEd routine. Breakfast, Breakouts, and [insert something else here that starts with B that you&rsquo;d find at TechEd] I had another chance to witness an incredible presenter worken-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinremde/archive/2006/06/13/435601.aspx#435630Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:00:58 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:435630Keith CombsFYI, the name draining has been around since the late 70's or early 80's. &nbsp;We used it to signify a resource could complete the current task(s) but no new tasks could be started. &nbsp;Draining the initiators was a common practice in the mainframe MVS world of batch job scheduling. &nbsp;Probably still is.<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=435630" width="1" height="1">