On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Shane Hathaway <sh...@hathawaymix.org> wrote: > Stuart Jansen wrote: >> On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 14:31 -0700, Gabriel Gunderson wrote: >>> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Michael Torrie <torr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> I didn't know MSSQL could run on Linux. >>> Michael, you should know better. I run MSSQL Server & IIS using wine >>> on Linux all the time - it runs wonderfully well. The performance is >>> really impressive and it's nice to have "Enterprise" database and >>> webserver options that work well on Linux. I'll write up some >>> documentation and post it for those who might be interested. >> >> Okay, good one. You got me. >> >> At least I hope you're kidding. >> >> You are kidding, aren't you? >> >> Please say you're just kidding! > > Lurkers everywhere would like to hear the answer to this one. :-)
No really, it's marvelous. Think about it... you get all the benefits of a truly enterprise DB (MSSQL) and world-class webserver (IIS) without having to leave Linux. And thanks to the Wine project, it Just Works. The best part is that doing a simple "apt-get install wine" is much easier then installing Windows and keeping it updated. Well, since we're using Fedora[1] for our production servers, it's more like "yum install wine", but you get the picture. Best, Gabe 1) Fedora generally has the latest packages, and that's *key* when running Wine in production environment. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
