The software giant is considering making the source code for its SQL Server database available to customers, according to Tom Rizzo, director of product management in Microsoft's SQL Server unit.

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"The attacks are facilitated by SQL injection exploits and are not issues related to IIS 6.0, ASP, ASP.Net, or Microsoft SQL technologies," said Bill Sisk, a communications manager at Microsoft ...

John Carroll thinks that anyone with a valid license should have access to Microsoft's SQL Server source code. Rather than a polemic against proprietary software, John makes a practical argument ...

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Microsoft this month pushed out 133 patches for a broad swatch of software and apps and plugged a zero-day flaw in SQL Server.

This list, issued by Microsoft, has two categories: 1) “Features Not Supported in the Next Version of SQL Server”; and 2) “Features Not Supported in a Future Version of SQL Server”.

Information in this article applies to Microsoft SQL Server 2012. The instructions for earlier versions of SQL Server, including versions 2008 and 2005, are similar.

Whether Microsoft decides to reveal the source code to SQL Server or not, it's clear that open-source alternatives are affecting the decisions of established database providers, Forrester's ...