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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. Same as the Zune by Phantombrain · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The Zune also has the same problem.

    Seems like Microsoft had some comunications issues between it's departments.

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  2. Re:I can't help but wonder... by msobkow · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If I recall correctly, Bill Gates stated he was trying to emulate IBM back in the '80s. Congratulations!

    They've emulated an outdated business model. ;)

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  3. Re:I can't help but wonder... by kabz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I installed SQL Server Express 2005 on Windows XP and had no way to get a query plan. This is completely useless to me, so I uninstalled it again.

    Back to the arms of MySQL where these things aren't limited, and maybe I should give PostgreSQL a shot. Btw, I run Oracle at my deskjob, so don't flame me about MySQL, it's still pretty good despite some limitations.

    Oh shit, I just realized, I installed the free edition. Well, still pretty useless, especially to people on Vista, which isn't really that great anyway.

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