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From http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-is-porting-sql-server-to-linux/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-is-porting-sql-server... - "The spokesperson

From http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-is-porting-sql-server-to-linux/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-is-porting-sql-server... - "The spokesperson also acknowledged that Microsoft won't be bringing all of the same capabilities in SQL Server 2016 to Linux; it will be just the "core relational database capabilities." As somewhat expected this will be a limited release catering mostly to cloud customers (Azure in particular) - who knows down the road they will port all features to Linux including the UI management tools but I would be surprised if they don't keep the niche features Windows-only. Welcome announcement anyway - having a supported mainstream DB other than Oracle on Linux is a good thing.

kbenson 11y ago
> I would be surprised if they don't keep the niche features Windows-only. For some definition of niche, which in this case may very well include "enterprise class features" such as replication... This is a way for MS to increase exposure and draw people into their ecosystem (at least for a part of their infrastructure) in an increasingly OS agnostic world. I don't think it makes sense for them to cannibalize their current revenue sources to do so, and a part of that is requiring expensive Windows Server licenses for high-end MSSQL features.
- blinkingled 11y ago
  Yeah, replication, encryption, memory optimized tables, search etc. come to mind.
lmm 11y ago
To my mind MySQL and PostgreSQL are both more mainstream than either Oracle or MSSQL, and it's possible to buy a support contract for either?
- blinkingled 11y ago
  Mainstream yes and you can buy support for them but they are not supported by majority of the Enterprise 3rd party/COTS software. Most enterprise products you can license only work with Oracle on Linux.
systems 11y ago
i dont think this is correct from the article in this post "We are bringing the core relational database capabilities to preview today, and are targeting availability in mid-2017." so you will have the core capabilities in 2016, but by mis 2017 i am expecting the full thing

kbenson 11y ago

> I would be surprised if they don't keep the niche features Windows-only. For some definition of niche, which in this case may very well include "enterprise class features" such as replication... This is a way for MS to increase exposure and draw people into their ecosystem (at least for a part of their infrastructure) in an increasingly OS agnostic world. I don't think it makes sense for them to cannibalize their current revenue sources to do so, and a part of that is requiring expensive Windows Server licenses for high-end MSSQL features.

blinkingled 11y ago
Yeah, replication, encryption, memory optimized tables, search etc. come to mind.

lmm 11y ago

To my mind MySQL and PostgreSQL are both more mainstream than either Oracle or MSSQL, and it's possible to buy a support contract for either?

blinkingled 11y ago
Mainstream yes and you can buy support for them but they are not supported by majority of the Enterprise 3rd party/COTS software. Most enterprise products you can license only work with Oracle on Linux.

systems 11y ago

i dont think this is correct from the article in this post "We are bringing the core relational database capabilities to preview today, and are targeting availability in mid-2017." so you will have the core capabilities in 2016, but by mis 2017 i am expecting the full thing