Of course they don't really, as evidenced by the fact they're still around after all these years.
However if someone was unconvinced as to why SQL Server (or any other big-iron database like PostgreSQL, Maria, Oracle ) is better going forward, purely in terms of the data layer, what would you say in addition to the items below ?
* Scalable
* Secure in terms of authentication and authorisation
* Not malware vector at a file level, as such
* Can be backed up while in use
* Logging
* Speed especially with many connections
* Modern reporting and analytics tools geared up to talk to it
* Modern development stacks are designed to work with it
* Cloud-deployable
* Things that should happen server side can happen with sprocs
* Multi-user locking and access won't be messed up inadvertently by future OS versions or patches * Supported
Thanks
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Alan Bourke
alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm
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