Last week, Microsoft dropped a bomb: In 2017, its incredibly popular SQL Server database product is coming to Linux — a free operating system that the company spent many years trying to drive ...

Microsoft's flagship database software used to be a runner-up to Oracle but has gained favor among IT buyers in recent years. Rohan Kumar, the Microsoft executive in charge of SQL Server, said ...

Jim Allchin, group vice president of platforms at Microsoft Corp., said developing the company”s “big dream” for SQL Server 2005 offered humbling lessons that inspired changes in the way the company ...