How Microsoft brought SQL Server to Linux
I'm still unsure of the usefulness of SQL Server on Linux. I don't see the point of running SQL Server on Linux (I'd rather choose PostgreSQL or something), nor do I see the point of choosing Linux if I'd already settled for SQL Server.<p>I don't think this (in the end) is anything more than a marketing trick, there to give the illusion of choice.<p>This is not uncommon in ISVs, btw. There are many commercial offerings that have a Linux version, crippled in so many interesting ways that it makes it pointless. I'm a Linux person but I advocated against choosing Linux versions (of different products) many times in the past. Actually, that means the marketing trick works.<p>In my experience, software always has a primary plaform where it shines, and the other "supported" platforms are always stepchildren.