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Re:An update on recent service disruptions by protomyth on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @06:16PM (#30784225)
Why would Microsoft not migrate to SQL Server? MySQL is owned by Oracle. Microsoft cannot be happy about using a product from Oracle. SQL Server is a pretty good product and the conversion will give them even more tools and expertise for their consulting wing to do it for other companies.
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Re:An update on recent service disruptions by macintux on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @08:35PM (#30785267)
They famously tried to migrate Hotmail to Windows after purchasing it, and that proved a long, excruciating process.

I doubt they have enough to prove wrt SQL Server to make it worth going through that again.

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Re:An update on recent service disruptions by Ygg2 on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @06:51PM (#30784594)
They do seem to be acting like they are cool and OSS friendly.
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Re:An update on recent service disruptions by protomyth on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @07:35PM (#30784938)
OSS friendly is one thing, but not using one of your flagship products is another. Plus, MySQL is Oracle and who knows where that goes.
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Re:An update on recent service disruptions by prepend on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @09:43PM (#30785621)
Microsoft could easily fork and maintain mysql if oracle did anything wonky. And they could use MySQL without paying any licensing fees due to its OSS license.
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