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> It's boring database engine that powers boring business applications I'm taking that as a positive thing... it's boring and does its job with little fanfare.
by mbreese 2y ago
> It's boring database engine that powers boring business applications
I'm taking that as a positive thing... it's boring and does its job with little fanfare. That's pretty much what I want out of a RDBMS. So long as it is "fast-enough" with enough features for the applications that use it, that seems like a good place for an RDBMS to be.
One could still argue about Windows and licensing fees, but from a technical point of view, for business customers, boring isn't necessarily a bad thing.
- FridgeSeal 2y agoThere’s other boring databases that also reliably fill that job, and they also cost far less. It can also be a bit of a pain outside the C# ecosystem, whereas every language ever has nice postgres drivers that don’t require us to download arms setup ODBC. It runs on Linux as of a few years ago, but I also wouldn’t be surprised if many people didn’t realise that.
- stackskipton 2y agoI’ve run into MSSQL on Linux. Most DBAs know but their entire ecosystem is Windows Server so what’s another Windows Server is their thinking.