Announcing SQL Server on Linux

Re:Announcing SQL Server on Linux by sz4kerto on Monday March 07, 2016 @04:05PM (#11241652)

Reverse your thinking. Think of a business that's dependent on MSSQL -- now they can run in on Linux, and also, they won't need to think about DB server migration. Many businesses are gravitating towards Linux on the server for many reasons, but they don't necessarily want to change their DB technology.

In other words: MS isn't just trying to acquire new users, it tries to keep existing ones.

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Re:Announcing SQL Server on Linux by merpnderp on Monday March 07, 2016 @04:13PM (#11241729)

This 10x. We're a very large consumer of MS licenses, and even so, we're pushing out to Linux where we can. And of all the MS technologies we use, the one we'd never give up is MSSQL.

I'm really happy to see this.

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Re:Announcing SQL Server on Linux by mmargerum on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @06:32AM (#11244680)

I couldn't agree more here. SQL Server is the only server product from MS I won't move off. I'm running an MS server only to run SQL Server. I would love to use a linux instance.

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Re:Announcing SQL Server on Linux by Scuds on Monday March 07, 2016 @06:25PM (#11242528)

typically the oldest part of a business that's kept around in its current form is the database which stands as the point of record.

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Re:Announcing SQL Server on Linux by pdpi on Monday March 07, 2016 @05:06PM (#11242122)

Reverse your thinking. It's not about enabling people to move to Linux while keeping not ms sql. It's about making sure the people who are moving to Linux either way don't also move away from ms sql

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