63 thoughts on “ Linux Fu: Databases Are Next-Level File Systems ” Karl Ramboz says: ... Most SQL databases are optimized for high speed SELECT and have miserable INSERT performance.

Microsoft isn't open sourcing SQL Server's code, but making it run-able on Linux is a big change for the company. Microsoft has long offered a Mac version of its Office suite and has recently ...

Microsoft image. Microsoft plans to release its SQL Server database management program for the Linux operating system, the latest in a series of moves by the Redmond technology company to make its ...

At the same time, many non-Microsoft databases are running on Windows. Other databases seen in these shops include Oracle, MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB. Linux use for SQL Server deployments ...

You can treat SQL Server on Linux as a new deployment option, not a whole new database. That means you can choose the operating system that best fits your project.

Microsoft's SQL Server preview for Linux features an improvement in T-SQL module performance and expanded Linux OS support.

Over the years, SQL Server has lost mind share and market share to open source Linux-compatible databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL, despite the fact that Microsoft makes available SQL Server ...

Microsoft has just revealed its plans to brings its SQL Server database software to Linux. Although not exactly its first Linux software, SQL Server is the most significant one so far.

Linux-bound customers looking for a commercial-quality database backed by a major vendor won’t have to settle for Oracle or contemplate setting up instances of Windows Server simply to get a SQL ...

The articles on NoSQL databases in Reuven M. Lerner's At the Forge column appearing in recent issues of LJ have been enjoyable. Because this is the Enterprise issue, I think it would be helpful to ...