Re: SQL Server on Linux

On Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 3:40:21 PM UTC-7, Mladen Gogala wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Mar 2016 20:17:30 +0000, John D Groenveld wrote:
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> > In article <pan.2016.03.30.17.56.03_at_gmail.com>,
> > Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >>I believe that we have all seen Microsoft's announcement that they will
> >>make SQL Server available on Linux in the second half of 2017. Also,
> >
> > I have not. H/T.
>
> Here it is:
> http://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2016/03/07/announcing-sql-server-on-linux/
> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/03/sql-server-for-linux-coming-in-mid-2017/
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/10/sql_server_2016_linux_screenshot/
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> >
> >>Microsoft has already announced rather aggressive trade in policy: give
> >>up Oracle license and get SQL Server license for free.
> >>What will that mean for Oracle? Oracle didn't create too many friends
> >>with their licensing policies and auditing raids. I, for one, welcome
> >>competition into the market.
> >
> > Migration guide?
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> I am quite sure that someone will make a nice tool to migrate Oracle to
> SQL Server. However, it's too early in the game for that.
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> Mladen Gogala
> The Oracle Whisperer
> http://mgogala.byethost5.com

It's all just layers upon layers. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/microsoft-licensing-time-bombs-paul-degroot http://stackoverflow.com/questions/573623/is-powershell-ready-to-replace-my-cygwin-shell-on-windows

jg

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