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I really love developing on sql server, but... From memory I remember when they "acquired" the source from Sybase and one of the selling points was that they c

by rb808 11y ago

I really love developing on sql server, but... From memory I remember when they "acquired" the source from Sybase and one of the selling points was that they could strip out all the multi-platform complexity from the source code. Being windows-only meant it was simpler, less complex code, faster and less buggy. It also confuses my view of what MS has been doing. Maybe Azure is more important than Windows now? Its going to be kinda weird to see SQL Server on Linux in Azure.

nice__two 11y ago
It's simple: we're living in a heterogeneous computing environment now and Microsoft cannot ignore that any longer now.
swalsh 11y ago
They took the former vp of Azure, and made him the CEO. Microsoft is very serious about Azure.
justin66 11y ago
I'm pretty sure someone born when they acquired the source to Sybase is now old enough to vote.
eropple 11y ago
> Being windows-only meant it was simpler, less complex code, faster and less buggy. So you don't think that, maybe-just-maybe, it's gotten a little easier to write cross-platform code in the last twenty-three years?
jklowden 11y ago
You're not thinking like a businessman. That purchase from Sybase 23 years ago and this announcement today have no technical justification. They're business decisions. The technical aspect is just a cost of doing business. Their bet evidently is they can make more money selling SQL Server without Windows than with it.