[Gllug] Accessing MS SQL Server from linux

[Alex Crow]

They didn't write it - they "embraced and extended" Sybase, ie bought
out rights for the source.

Sybase (MSSQL should be considered a fork, the original software is
still being maintained), I vaguely remember, are offering a free version
of their database for personal use, and for commercial use I think the
price is on parity with MSSQL.

It's the same with FoxPro - it was an old product that MS bought out in
order to corner the low-end DB market. 

I will agree though that MSSQL is a very fine database, but I won't give
the credit to MS since the engine internals weren't developed by them.
They do a good job of maintaining it, arguably better than Sybase do now
with their branch.

Alex


On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 13:04 +0000, Ben Whyte wrote:
> Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> > Matthew King wrote:
> >> Does MSSQL have transaction support?
> >>   
> >
> > It never hasn't, to my knowledge.
> >
> > MS SQL server is actually a pretty decent bit of software.
> I have to say, its one of the better things they have written.
> 
> Ben
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