SQL Server was pretty good until they went the Oracle way with their licensing shenanigans, but even with that they were a lot cheaper than Oracle. In fact SQL server was one of the few great products that came out of MS.
Having written a rust client for it, even their documentation is absolutely stellar. You just read how the protocol works from the PDF and implement it.
Having written a rust client for it, even their documentation is absolutely stellar. You just read how the protocol works from the PDF and implement it.
Can't say the same about Oracle.