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Vista Not Compatible With SQL Server
kiran_n sent in an article by Fortune's Owen Thomas on Vista not being compatible with SQL Server. An excerpt:
"But now Microsoft has a problem. Vista, its long-awaited update to the Windows operating system, can't run the current version of SQL Server. The company is working on a SQL upgrade that is compatible with Vista — called SQL Server 2005 Express Service Pack 2 — but it's in beta and can be licensed only for testing purposes. Microsoft hasn't set a release date for the new SQL program."
I can't run SQL Server on Vista! Christmas is ruined! Thanks for nothing Microsoft >:(
Main Entry: irony
Pronunciation: 'I-r&-nE also 'I(-&)r-nE
Function: noun
1 : a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other's false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning -- called also Socratic irony
2 a : the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning b : a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form characterized by irony c : an ironic expression or utterance
3 a (1) : incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result (2) : an event or result marked by such incongruity b : incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play -- called also dramatic irony, tragic irony
Nope, doesn't look like irony to me. Irony would be if this problem was discovered while trying to upgrade Microsoft's own servers to Vista. This is just poor planning and communication between departments.
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Christ, it won't run SQL Server either?
Lame
As long as it runs Minesweeper and Solitaire, It'll do about as much as we've got a right to expect from Microsoft.
Have gnu, will travel.
"OK, then let me re-phrase. Anybody moving an important database to an OS that has been released within the past year should be summarily shot and disemboweled."
Why can't everybody just get along?
Considering how Vista doesn't really have all that much to offer over XP anyway
...but..but..but..Microsoft told me it's the most secure and easiest to use version of Windows yet with enhanced multimedia and gaming functionality! (Of course, they also said the same thing about Windows 95, 98, 2000, and XP)
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/me points to the door
OUT!
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No SQL Server. Less space than a nomad. Lame.
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Vista is the most secure Windows yet. Actually, Windows is not that insecure, by itself. It's the applications that run on top of it (including the bundled ones) that have the security holes. Vista removes this vulnerability by not running any applications.
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Can we flame you about running Oracle!?!?
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I applaud your clarity of reason, sir!
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Oh, I see -- you don't like words that describe things that are different at some times than they are at others. You'd rather use digraphs. Now I understand.
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Some server software might not work on an OS that is in development stage.
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