How does this kind of thing even get past the most rudimentary software test plan?  Seriously??????

If a Graphical client is a necessity, there are lots of third party Java based clients that run just fine on Linux.  I have utilized AquaData Studio to manage both...

I know that I have administered SQL Server on windows from a Linux desktop before via freetds at the command line and with Aquadata Studio for a GUI.

I would assume that you can administer a SQL Server instance running on a Linux Server from a SSMS GUI on a windows workstation as long as the connection string...

I am very excited.  It takes two of my strongest skill sets (SQL Server and Linux) and makes them marketable to the same employers.  Before, a prospective employer was interested...

Oracle has some strong points going for it, especially in terms of scalability for very very very large databases, and its two phase commit mechanism is still second to none...

It has been said above very well, Linux is Free as in freedom.  I need no one's "permission" to make whatever changes I wish or to modify or tweak to...

Here is the way the problem usually develops

1) Developers begin developing an application and use sa on their personal copy of mssql.

2) DBA warns the developers that once they go...