The forthcoming launch of SQL Server 2008 will see Microsoft focus its considerable resources on the issue of licensing, to win customers from rivals Oracle and IBM. "Our challenge, now (that) we ...

The Microsoft DBAs, in contrast to the Oracle DBAs, loved the database and loved the company. They see Microsoft as a partner and feel comfortable criticizing the company to help make it better.

SQL Server is significantly cheaper than Oracle's Linux-friendly databases, but it's traditionally been limited to data centers running on Microsoft's Windows Server tech.

During its Data Driven event on Thursday, Microsoft claimed that that SQL Server 2016 delivers "11.7 times TCO savings over comparable Oracle solutions" and it also claimed "one tenth the number ...

Oracle is determined to keep MySQL if it acquires Sun, but the reason likely has little to do with open source and everything to do with Microsoft. Oracle doesn't compete with open source.

Microsoft launched Azure SQL, which self-tunes and recommends security fixes, in March 2016. The competition, according to Carvalho, will now come down to which customers Oracle is chasing.

The agreement lets Oracle customers run its software—including Java, Oracle Database and WebLogic Server—on Microsoft’s Hyper-V hypervisor, in its Azure cloud or on Windows Server.

With Azure Data Studio going away, they are asking users to leverage the VS Code plugin for MS SQL. However VS Code mentions a conflict with the Oracle SQL Developer when both are installed. Is there ...