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At least in my community, when you talk about "sql server" it's obvious that you're talking about MS SQL Server. In the same way, postgreSQL is "postgres" and O
by andreadallera 15y ago
At least in my community, when you talk about "sql server" it's obvious that you're talking about MS SQL Server. In the same way, postgreSQL is "postgres" and Oracle Database is just "oracle".
- frou_dh 15y agoThat community being people who already know about the brand. I say it every day at work, too, but the OP still has a valid point for public discussion.
- dextorious 15y agoNo, he has not. "sql server" is just the product's name, it's not a generic category of servers. We call the generic category "SQL Server" belongs to: database servers, or relational database servers. No one uses "sql server" for something besides naming that specific MS product.
- frou_dh 15y agoFair enough. I still think it's hard to say how confusing it is to those not familiar with the brand.
- Sapient 15y agoPeople not familiar is Microsoft are probably not taking part in a discussion on HackerNews, let alone a discussion of why their SQL Server product was not ported to *nix.
- Confusion 15y agoI don't know about your culture, but I've never heard anyone use 'sql server' when they meant 'the database server'. You just don't call it that. I also think it's a pretty dumb product name. You might as well call a web server 'html server'.