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Vista Not Compatible With SQL Server

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the some-extra-patience-required dept.

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."

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  1. Oh NO! by anss123 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't run SQL Server on Vista! Christmas is ruined! Thanks for nothing Microsoft >:(

  2. Re:I believe... by Jarjarthejedi · · Score: 5, Funny

    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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  3. Re:Same as the Zune by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Zune also has the same problem"

    Christ, it won't run SQL Server either?

    Lame

  4. Re:I can't help but wonder... by TheRaven64 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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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  5. Re:If anybody... by AlexDV · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Why can't everybody just get along?"

    Hi, you must be new here. Welcome to Slashdot!