Posted by Bernard Peek on 11/05/05 01:37

>There is also the issue what happens if you open a case with Microsoft.
>I have to idea what they say if you say that you connect with FreeTDS,
>but it's clearly not a supported means of connection. It could be that
>the issue you have run into is a bug in MS SQL Server, but since you
>connect with FreeTDS, Microsoft may not look into the issue. (As they
>may assume that FreeTDS is the culprit.)

I was at a presentation from Microsoft recently, where they were talking
about their virtualisation products. They said that there had been a
policy change, to move towards interoperability with Linux. Whether this
policy reaches as far as their office products division I don't know.



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Bernard Peek
London, UK. DBA, Manager, Trainer & Author.

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