They are doing a number of things but they still are not the friend of linux they are advertising. But i think MSSQL on Linux is a good thing. i think more MS software available on Linux is a good thing. Just as long as they do not try to patent Linux software that is not theirs to patent.

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche@pobox.com> wrote:

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@pobox.com>

[1]: http://lists.phxlinux.org/lurker/message/20160316.154855.8b92abae.en.html

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