On 03/07/2016 01:43 PM, Josh berkus wrote:
> All,
>
> http://blogs.microsoft.com/?p=67248
>
> Once SQL Server is available on Linux, we're going to see more people
> using it as an alternative to PostgreSQL. Especially since they're
> picking up a lot of our better features, like R support.
>
Yes but:
1. MSSQL is not going to magically run well on Linux. It was never
designed to run on a *NIX platform and it long left the parts that would
(Sybase) in the dust.
2. This is actually good for us. It validates our primary deployment
platform. Why run a closed source MSSQL when you can get Open Source
PostgreSQL on the same platform major platform?
3. Competition is good when we have it, our community steps up.
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