22 Nov
2016
22 Nov
'16
11:17 p.m.
On 2016-11-22 16:04, Alan Bourke wrote:
Here is a good overview of MSSQL on Linux. Basically it's running in a Windows container. A Windows 8 kernel running on its Drawbridge container platform, which in turn is a native Linux daemon I guess.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/11/18/microsoft_running_windows_apps_on_li...
As it stands it is just the database engine - the tools and BI stuff is supposedly coming later. I would guess it is the full fat engine.
So I'll ask it: how long until the Visual FoxPro apps run on Linux, given this advancement? Thought of this obvious question given the nature of this list, but also the hyperlink ("microsoft_running_windows_apps_on_linux")