James Anderson shows us where to sign up for the SQL Server on Linux preview:
Couple of thoughts on the sign up form:
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Red Hat is mentioned in the announcment but this form tells us that only Ubuntu or Docker images are currently available. Will it be available to all Linux distributions? What about OS X?
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As for Docker, does it ever make sense to have RDBMSs in containers? Containers are generally immutable.
Done. I’m also excited about the continued Microsoft-Red Hat collaboration, not just because I live in Red Hat territory.
In the meantime, Denny Cherry and Joey D’Antoni give their thoughts. Here’s one of Joey’s:
My favorite part of SQL Server on Linux? My Bash scripts for automation work again.