Migrating from mssql to firebird: pro and cons
- by user193655
i am considering the migration for 3 reasons:
1) SQLSERVER installation is a nightmar, expecially for 1-user software. Software installs in 10 seconds, SQLServer in 1 hour. Firebird installation is much easier.
2) SQLSERVER runs on windows server only
3) My customers have all the express edition
4) i am not using any advanced feature, I am now starting using filestream, but the main reason for this is that Express eidtion has 4/10GB db size limit
So these are all Pros of moving to Firebird.
Which are the cons?
I can also plan to support both platiforms, but this will backfire I fear.