2 ms·SQL Server is a fork of Sybase’s code, so the child product became much more popular than the parent.by protomyth 8y agoSQL Server is a fork of Sybase’s code, so the child product became much more popular than the parent.simtel20 8y agoMy understanding is that it's a complete rewrite, perhaps more than once at this point.protomyth 8y agoProbably, but it started as a fork. Last I looked a T-SQL programmer can adapt pretty quickly still.