chrisn-585491 (5/14/2013)
As much as I like SQL Server and the folks that support it, I have some qualms about vendor lock in and Microsoft as a whole. With the slap in the face to developers and power users that is Windows 8 desktop and the changes in development frameworks in the past, I don't trust the current management in Redmond.A perspective: developers vs Microsoft: http://www.reactos.org/node/637
If I use Azure, I'm going to use the service options that can eventually brought in house or be hosted elsewhere. And since I'm already considering migration, I may as well as a developer/admin, consider other database and programming options.
Lol I despise windows 8 / server 2012. Microsoft has also changed direction with their application programming tools to a stupid degree. Azure itself will probably have a considerable changing featureset and Microsoft has stumbled to a stupid degree in just trying to provide a web service people can depend on. Heck, I really thought with windows 7 and server 2008 Microsoft was really getting their act together, and then we get 8 / 2012 which is a pretty big disappointment.
I'd be interested in how many folks here at sql server central are active with other technology. In my own case, I've used linux personally quite a bit, can put it to work at my place of employment, and while I'm not big on Mysql, I really like Postgresql, although I'm still pretty early on in my education regarding its use.