 | View Full Version : running sql server 2000 on Linux ???? swijaya0101 11-29-2002, 04:52 AM hi, a guy from masterwebnet.com claimed that he could run MS sql server 2000 on Linux platform ... anybody has any suggestions/ideas how this things are done? thanks MotleyFool 11-29-2002, 04:57 AM Probably he is running it on WINE... but a bad idea in my opinion swijaya0101 11-29-2002, 05:07 AM what is WINE? and why is it a bad idea? RackMy.com 11-29-2002, 09:13 AM And why would you want to, LOL :) ServerGuys 11-29-2002, 01:17 PM Originally posted by swijaya0101 what is WINE? and why is it a bad idea? WINE is a middle layer that runs on top of *nix and X to provide a mechanism for running Windows compiled applications on the *nix platform. It's a bad idea, IMHO, because you are attempting to run software compiled for a Windows environment on a *nix box. Can it be done? Probably. Should it be done? I don't think so. Besides, what's the point? I know MS SQL server (I've worked on it for 7 years now), but I can't see much value in this scenario. You remove the Windows security functions and many of the integration features by not being in Win32. Also, SQL Server is not cheap to license. If you're going to shell out the $$ to MS, I would want to get as much out of the investment as possible which requires running in a Win32 environment. Go with a *nix compiled RDBMS and enjoy.... |