Agree, I don't think the major problem with the DB market, historically, has been too much competition or Microsoft dominating the category. Oracle basically had a free run and took full advantage of it. MS, until recently, never really made a strong play to try to upset Oracle, for no apparent reason.... This is the first legitimate threat Oracle has had since DB2 and Sybase in the 90s. It is probably going to work well for MS too. SQL is at parity with, some like Gartner would say has moved ahead of, Oracle... and it is less costly. There are a lot of people who want to move off of Oracle but can't justify rebuying licenses and the migration work, MS is taking that concern off the table. I don't think MS is going to come to just dominate the DB market. There is just too much Oracle out there, but this is going to leave a mark.
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