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SQL Server itself does not rely on .NET Framework. SQL CLR, an optional component does. We run SQL Server in Linux containers now.

• meepmorp 6y ago
  MS SQL Server started out as a port (to OS/2!) of Sybase SQL Server, which ran on Xenix (among other unixes). History doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme.
• pjmlp 6y ago
  Try to run SQL Server stored procedures that rely on SQL CLR.
  • pionar 6y ago
    Why? That's just asking for poor perf, even on Windows. I would never do that. Leave CLR in applications, where it belongs.
    • pjmlp 6y ago
      Customers decide what gets done.