SQL Server move to Linux a 'sad reflection of where Microsoft is', says MariaDB CEO

[Tom Roche]

Keith Smith[1]
> Now [M$ is] in the open source DB game.

Umm ... no. Correct me where wrong, but all they've done is *port* SQL Server: they haven't released any of its code, it's just another proprietary DB (like Oracle) that runs on Linux.

FWIW, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com>

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