I don't think that means what you seem to think it means.

Post #291,941

8/30/07 2:27:07 AM

Greg laments:

You all give Windows WIDE BERTH in this area...

AFAIK, to give something a wide berth means to avoid it, not to treat it preferentially as you seem to be trying to say.

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Post #291,944

by Andrew Grygus

8/30/07 2:56:27 AM

Oh, I think he's just having a bad evening.

We certainly do give Windows a "wide berth". He forgets my 2003 and Beyond article and my recent attacks on Vista - which make my criticisms of Linux seem rather pale.

Unfortunately I can only give Windows a wide berth in my own office. Most of my clients are stuck with it. When the software you run your business on requires SQL Server, well, you feed the beast (no, there are no viable Linux equivalents, and not likely to be any anytime soon).

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Post #291,966

by admin

8/30/07 9:42:52 AM

SQL Server Equivalents

Just curious as to what you think is lacking. I'm guessing "ease of administration" tools.

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Post #291,967

by Another Scott

8/30/07 9:55:55 AM

I assume it's issues with add-ons.

E.g. Some business requires a particular tool that is only supported when it talks to SQL Server.

Just my guess, though.

Cheers,
Scott.

Post #291,968

by pwhysall

8/30/07 9:56:42 AM

Boxed vertical market software, I wot.

They're the bits there's no replacement for.

I have a badly organised desk drawer that's more than a match for SQL Server itself.

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Post #291,975

by Andrew Grygus

8/30/07 11:08:14 AM

Well, sort of boxed.

Believe it or not a lot of packages, even ones with national distribution, still come as a CD tucked in the pocket of a loose leaf manual binder - just like in the old days of CP/M-80 (but it was a floppy back then).

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Post #291,972

by Andrew Grygus

8/30/07 10:29:00 AM

Ease of administration is irrelevant.

So is actual functionality of the engine.

What is important is the software house will only support it on SQL Server, or on the Windows version of some other database.

Since all specialty software has flaws and quirks it's a bad business decision not to follow the vendor's recommendations to the letter. If a problem comes up they'll grasp the first straw they see and refuse support.

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Post #291,999

by static

8/30/07 10:13:20 PM

I know what it's lacking.

Standardised SQL.

It's not a problem unique to MS SQL Server, unfortunately, as *all* the database engines have their unique variant of SQL - Oracle, Sybase, even MySQL and PostGresQL. Some have fewer extensions than others, mind you, but few OTS applications are capable of talking to 'any' SQL backend: they are almost always coded to talk to a specific one. It's a bit like the home computer BASIC wars writ large.

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Post #291,961

by Another Scott

8/30/07 8:11:36 AM

Perhaps he meant WIDE STANCE?

[link|http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/28/AR2007082801664.html?hpid=topnews|Dana Milbank] at the Washington Post.

;-)

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