Microsoft ports SQL Server to Linux
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Preview released in partnership with Red Hat and Canonical.
Microsoft has ported its flagship relational database management system SQL Server 2016 to operating system distributions running the open source Linux kernel.Scott Guthrie, Microsoft's vice president of its cloud and enterprise group, said the Linux version was expected to become generally available by the middle of next year. A private preview is currently available.
Hot Sauce: http://www.itnews.com.au/news/microsoft-ports-sql-server-to-linux-416571?eid=3&edate=20160308&utm_source=20160308_PM&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily_newsletterMicrosoft has made SQL Server for Linux. Repeat, Microsoft has made SQL Server 2016 for Linux
Embrace, extend ... DROP?
El Reg: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/07/microsoft_sql_server_linux/ -
This makes total sense but is mind blowing, none the less. Since enterprise database servers and, more importantly, DB server departments, have been nearly 100% UNIX for aeons it makes total sense for SQL Server to be ported over. Better process handling, faster and more robust file systems, already the source of database performance expertise... MS has been totally missing a huge potential market for the high margin SQL Server while locking it to the relatively low margin Windows Server.
SQL Server can't get the scale with Windows anymore, since Windows dropped Itanium, that it needs for large deployment. This allows SQL Server to go back after the space that its sibling Sybase went into without it a decade ago.
This is, I think, a brilliant move on Microsoft's part. SQL Server is a great product, and needs this flexibility to be taken to the next level.
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I can just see Ballmer sweating through his shirt over all of these new open source related things.
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WOW - who ever saw this day coming?
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If you look at the chain of announcements... first 100% .NET support is coming, Xamarin gets purchased, SQL Server support gets announced.... I think that we can see what is coming next. It's Sharepoint. That was probably the primary goal all along. They are trying to get the hosted MS ecosystem over to Linux because Linux owns the cloud and much of the hosted space and as the world shifts to that Microsoft risks being left behind. Windows Server generates a small revenue and small lock in compared to .NET, SQL Server and Sharepoint. They are, I feel, staying focused on what matters and what is their future (applications) not the past (core infrastructure.)
Microsoft makes amazing applications and really has no rival. Sharepoint, Office and others are some of the best in the world. They need to do everything that they can to not accidentally erode these markets while trying to cling to the Windows Server market at their expense.
Don't be surprised if the full MS Office suite doesn't get announced for Linux desktops soon, too.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Don't be surprised if the full MS Office suite doesn't get announced for Linux desktops soon, too.
That would only make sense!
Cloud first - one of their new mantras. Isn't run anywhere/everywhere another one? Heck we could see Windows desktop itself disappear in the next 20 years.
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Exactly. Now that Windows 10 is free, it's a loss leader for MS, not a profit centre. They want it to go away.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Don't be surprised if the full MS Office suite doesn't get announced for Linux desktops soon, too.
Then I'll take up @scottalanmiller advice & start running Mint on the desktop
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@FATeknollogee said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Don't be surprised if the full MS Office suite doesn't get announced for Linux desktops soon, too.
Then I'll take up @scottalanmiller advice & start running Mint on the desktop
Only Office 365 holding back our back office from wanting to run on it.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Only Office 365 holding back our back office from wanting to run on it.
Can't you access Office365 via the web? Isn't that good enough?
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@FATeknollogee said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Only Office 365 holding back our back office from wanting to run on it.
Can't you access Office365 via the web? Isn't that good enough?
Well, yes and no. If you get the most expensive options you can get limited access to some functionality of Word, Excel, etc. It's not on par with Office 2013 at all. Enough for me, yes. But I use LibreOffice instead, it is far nicer. For people working in the office, it is not a very good experience yet. So both very expensive and not very good.
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@FATeknollogee said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Only Office 365 holding back our back office from wanting to run on it.
Can't you access Office365 via the web? Isn't that good enough?
Plus the Online apps don't integrate into other locally installed apps - so an app that uses Excel, must have Excel installed locally.
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Makes total sense!
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I saw a report that stated that Windows is only 10% of Microsoft's revenue. I think they're preparing the company for the day when the OS is free or nonexistent.
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@Kelly said:
I saw a report that stated that Windows is only 10% of Microsoft's revenue. I think they're preparing the company for the day when the OS is free or nonexistent.
Yeah, 10% and declining rapidly. They used to use it to prop up the other stuff, now it is getting in the way. They can't risk 90% of revenue trying to shore up 10% of revenue.
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@Kelly said:
I saw a report that stated that Windows is only 10% of Microsoft's revenue. I think they're preparing the company for the day when the OS is free or nonexistent.
I agree. I believe Windows will become more like iOS and Android with it's updates in the future.
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Hahahahahaha
http://www.zdnet.com/article/ballmer-i-may-have-called-linux-a-cancer-but-now-i-love-it/
Ya right.
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