Posted by Stu on 06/26/06 03:05

It all boils down to one thing: the almight dollar.

What business reason would Microsoft have for porting SQL Server to
another platform? SQL Server has become a vital part of the Microsoft
development structure, but it was initially a method to convince
administrators to migrate more servers from a UNIX platform to Windows
(kind of, "oh, you need a database product? We got one. Now buy some
licenses for Wndows servers...")

I'm not saying that SQL Server doesn't have the capability to be a
competitor on another platform; it just doesn't make business sense for
Microsoft to offer it. They'll make more money by selling bundles.

Stu


metaperl wrote:
> Pros
> -------
>
> * Can optimize the hell out of the database because it does not have to
> accomodate different OSes
> * Code is probably cleaner - not littered with 80 million #ifdefs
> * No need to write the code to deal with various filesystem conventions
>
> Cons
> --------
> * Most cheap webhosts are unix-based (I think). You can use Oracle as a
> professional and still do your personal home hacking on oracle
> regardless of whether personal hosting is done on windows or unix. Not
> so with MS SQL.

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