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Microsoft SQL Server coming to Linux

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Anthony Walter

For those of you using Linux with interest in database development here is some news for you:

Microsoft SQL Server will soon be officially supported on Linux.

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2016/03/07/announcing-sql-server-on-linux/

Microsoft Executive Vide President Scott Gu has been coordinating with Mark Shuttleworth (Ubuntu owner and head of Canonical) to make this happen.

For me this is great news. Microsoft SQL Server is a robust RMDB system with superior performance capable of great scale. Transact SQL (the Microsoft SQL Server dialect) also has many powerful and useful features. Good news all around.
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Michael Van Canneyt
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Anthony Walter wrote 14 lines
For those of you using Linux with interest in database development here is some news for you: Microsoft SQL Server will soon be officially supported on Linux. https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2016/03/07/announcing-sql-server-on-linux/ Microsoft Executive Vide President Scott Gu has been coordinating with Mark Shuttleworth (Ubuntu owner and head of Canonical) to make this happen. For me this is great news. Microsoft SQL Server is a robust RMDB system with superior performance capable of great scale. Transact SQL (the Microsoft SQL Server dialect) also has many powerful and useful features. Good news all around.

Well, that depends highly on your point of view :) My point of view is that the sooner Microsoft is bancrupted the better...

And I beg to differ on a second account:
E.g. PostGreSQL is a way better/faster database than SQL Server. Not to mention it costs you nothing.

Just to say that these are highly subjective views...

Michael.

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Michael Van Canneyt wrote 35 lines
On Tue, 8 Mar 2016, Anthony Walter wrote: For those of you using Linux with interest in database development here is > some news for you: > > Microsoft SQL Server will soon be officially supported on Linux. > > > https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2016/03/07/announcing-sql-server-on-linux/ > > Microsoft Executive Vide President Scott Gu has been coordinating with > Mark > Shuttleworth (Ubuntu owner and head of Canonical) to make this happen. > > For me this is great news. Microsoft SQL Server is a robust RMDB system > with superior performance capable of great scale. Transact SQL (the > Microsoft SQL Server dialect) also has many powerful and useful features. > Good news all around. > Well, that depends highly on your point of view :) My point of view is that the sooner Microsoft is bancrupted the better... And I beg to differ on a second account: E.g. PostGreSQL is a way better/faster database than SQL Server. Not to mention it costs you nothing. Just to say that these are highly subjective views... Michael. --

The cloud is getting dominated by Linux and if Microsoft doesn't have an offering there it is bound to be left out. The idea is to let customers who may be tempted switch to Linux know that SQL Server will be available for them if they do..

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The cloud is getting dominated by Linux and if Microsoft doesn't have an offering there it is bound to be left out. The idea is to let customers who may be tempted switch to Linux know that SQL Server will be available for them if they do..

I'm sure they have their reasons.
I don't want to dissuade other people of using their favourite product.

The point was simply to react on the 'good news all round': One man's good news is another man's bad tidings :)

Michael.

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