MS SQL Server on Linux

I always feel a little dirty after using FreeTDS and ODBC to connect to a sqlserver db. I'm all for proper sqlserver client libraries.
 
jsheed_sa said:
You haven't checked your prod servers recently, have you :D

First clue, it's not CentOS ;) Second clue its run by a crazy Brazilian :p
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Oh I know all of that...... trust me.. that crazy Brazilian keeps us all entertained :D

But I've been doing some digging, whilst this is a great first step from MS, I don't see the first release being completely feature comparable with the Windows release, so it will be the core features but some of the really cool features will more than likely not be avai
 
scud said:
Wonder if they'll release a free opensource version
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I don't know about open source, but free certainly. It would be stupid for them to release a free Visual Studio version (Community) and not one for SQL Server (there is currently a paid version called Developer which would be the likely candidate).
 
Garson007 said:
I don't know about open source, but free certainly. It would be stupid for them to release a free Visual Studio version (Community) and not one for SQL Server (there is currently a paid version called Developer which would be the likely candidate).
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SQL Server Express... its free and pretty damn capable.
 
ToxicBunny said:
And developer is not something that would ever be released as a free product since its pretty much enterprise.
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So is Visual Studio Community. The difference is license not capability. Microsoft is learning that you should allow as much of a sandbox as possible.
 
Garson007 said:
So is Visual Studio Community. The difference is license not capability. Microsoft is learning that you should allow as much of a sandbox as possible.
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Its not quite Professional or Enterprise in terms of its full capabilities, its close though....

Microsoft is fully aware of the sandbox aspect... and are embracing it, but SQL is a different beast to Visual Studio in terms of allowing a "free" version with full capabilities.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Its not quite Professional or Enterprise in terms of its full capabilities, its close though....

Microsoft is fully aware of the sandbox aspect... and are embracing it, but SQL is a different beast to Visual Studio in terms of allowing a "free" version with full capabilities.
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For Dev's you can get an MSDN license which gives you access to all versions of their products at a fraction of the cost - which is nice.
 
Necropolis said:
For Dev's you can get an MSDN license which gives you access to all versions of their products at a fraction of the cost - which is nice.
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Yeah I know, used it many many times.

I don't know the current pricing anymore, but I somehow think that access to the full suite of software via the VS license isn't actually cheap anymore.
 
Christ that article is full of itself...

But I agree with Hamster, I use what is best for the task. I can't stand fanboyism.
 
**** yeah! I was right. SQL Server 2016 Developer Edition will be F R E E! FREE!
 
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