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Nearly 20% of Microsoft SQL Servers running have passed end of support (www.theregister.com)
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[–] WagnasT 36 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I had to deploy a couple MS SQL clusters years ago, I'm fuzzy on the details but for whatever reason we needed a domain admin to enable clustering and instead of following the permissions on the KB they gave up just made the service account a domain admin.

To this day I'll never understand why a vendor would choose MS SQL or Oracle if they don't have a very specific function that they need.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yep. Postgres is fantastic and there's no justification to use proprietary bullshit like that.

[–] Badeendje 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Because a lot of applications require MS SQL. And they develop based on this because a lot of clients use MS SQL.. and the circle continues.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

At least some of the app developers have realized that if they develop for Postgres they get to keep the Sql Server licensing costs for themselves. Windows server licensing costs too, if they're clever.

Unfortunately the old janky enterprise shit will probably never get updated. You know the ones. The ones that think they're new and hip because they support SSO (Radius only)