• Incorrect assumptions above.

    SQL Server can and does work logically on Unix by using linked servers, DTS or windows scripting host, transparent gateways, .NET (to name a few techniques) however this is not relevant to this discussion.

    I feel you've missed the whole point of this criticism, that being what use is this extension (used in its vaguest terms) to SQL Server functionality, not the operating system SQL Server resides on.

    You opened up your part 2 of your article with a quote about Alice in Wonderland.

    Here's another quote for you

    Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

    David Wootton