It's no secret that even though MySQL has been a Microsoft partner, it also is a Microsoft competitor. And ever since Oracle made overtures to buy Sun and (get MySQL in the process), Microsoft's been ...

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Structured Query Language (SQL) is the language used for relational databases. Many database platforms use SQL, but they each have some variations in syntax. Microsoft SQL and MySQL are two of the ...

I guess it makes sense, in a way. I don't see many shops signing up to admin Windows servers just to run SQL Server; if you're using SQL Server you were probably already a Windows shop to some degree.