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		abrookewood on March 7, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Announcing SQL Server on Linux They've known Linux was an important enterprise platform for decades - they just didn't want to admit it openly or contribute to its success.

tracker1 on March 8, 2016 [–]

Decades? Linux was a bit of a blip in 1996.. FreeBSD on the other hand was clear competition at the time.

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