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Yeah, absolutely. Your basic corporate in-house development shop using C# and SQL Server is married to Intel for all eternity. I think the Google/Facebook cro
by honkhonkpants 10y ago
Yeah, absolutely. Your basic corporate in-house development shop using C# and SQL Server is married to Intel for all eternity. I think the Google/Facebook crowd is really the best market for this IBM stuff, because those companies control their entire stack and have the technical ability to port it.
- kbenson 10y agoWell, they released SQL Server for linux (even if pared down feature-wise), and that's probably a bigger hurdle than recompiling for a new architecture (depending on whether their compilation toolchain supports it, and how well), although there could still be some x86(_64) specific optimizations in place. Sometimes weird stuff like supporting esoteric platforms happens because the companies in question are so large, that it makes sense to spend a few $100k on that project to make Intel squirm and get better pricing from Intel on your bulk deal. Keep in mind, Microsoft have their own cloud service...