what exactly does htis mean? People running linux machiens will be able to use windows apps eventaully?
It means that Microsoft SQL (MSSQL) was starting to get murdered in the enterprise by Oracle running on RedHat Linux.
Everyone saw that coming. This is Microsoft’s response.
Someone tell me where I sign up for the beta for the Mac OS X version of MSFT SQL Server Management Studio. I’d presume that’s coming next.
That can already be done. This means that Microsoft is trying to encroach into Linux systems by offering to replace free server components with their costly, bug-ridden, and gigantic pseudo-equivalents.
It means basically, if you, for some unknown reason, need to or choose to run MS SQL you can do it on a Linux machine... now, I can’t think of any good reason you would make that decision, but you now can.