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The Reg chats to Azure Data man Rohan Kumar
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Richard Speed Mon 28 Dec 2020 // 13:15 UTC Share
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Interview Everyone has their favourite when diving into the tub of SQL Server - for some it s a chewy hard toffee that delights, for others it s a thin choc shell crammed with overperfumed fondant. Microsoft s Rohan Kumar says his preferred version is SQL Server 2008.
El Reg spoke to Kumar, corporate vice president for Azure Data, about its history, future, and just why that particular flavour of DB is dear to him. A brief history of SQL Server
Microsoft s twist on enterprise data goes back to the 1980s and the development of OS/2 undertaken by the soon-to-be Windows giant and IBM. Even as the relationship famously soured, Microsoft was working on an enterprise database product to compete with the likes of Oracle.