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Re:Announcing SQL Server on Linux by rocky1138 on Monday March 07, 2016 @04:15PM (#11241745)
It's taken a ton of years, but here we are:

"If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won." -Linus Torvalds

Re:Announcing SQL Server on Linux by serge2k on Monday March 07, 2016 @04:17PM (#11241757)
Everyone already knew linux for servers is winning.
Re:Announcing SQL Server on Linux by NeutronBoy on Monday March 07, 2016 @06:10PM (#11242472)
Outside of Silicon Valley, it's not so cut and dry.
Re:Announcing SQL Server on Linux by kristopolous on Monday March 07, 2016 @06:50PM (#11242637)
Could you take a more nuanced and defined stance? What sectors, markets, or users are you referring to?
Re:Announcing SQL Server on Linux by UK-AL on Monday March 07, 2016 @08:38PM (#11243045)
Virtually any major corporation will have major installations of AD, File Servers, Print Servers, etc using MS infrastructure.
Re:Announcing SQL Server on Linux by stunthamsterio on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @03:34AM (#11244126)
I'll chime in; for me this is a god send. I currently work with a client who specialises in working with automotive companies (Ford, Renault, Peugeot etc), and it turns out that automotive companies love MS SQL. The stack I'm working with is a Java/Linux stack with a Windows/MSSQL backend, simply because it didn't scare the customer as much as Linux/Java Linux/Postgres.

It looks like as an industry they are starting to loosen up a little now, but those MS SQL databases are going to be around for a while, and it'll be nice if I can at least standardise onto a single set of skills and install patterns for the platform OS.

Re:Announcing SQL Server on Linux by ktRolster on Monday March 07, 2016 @08:09PM (#11242936)
The Seattle market tends to use Microsoft a lot.
Re:Announcing SQL Server on Linux by SideburnsOfDoom on Monday March 07, 2016 @04:32PM (#11241876)
And since running those Linux servers in Azure results in revenue flowing to Microsoft by the hour, it seems that MS also winning here. The cloud market share of Azure vs. AWS is however a different dogfight.
Re:Announcing SQL Server on Linux by buzzkills on Monday March 07, 2016 @04:28PM (#11241846)
MS has been making apps for android for sometime