Watching the evolution of SQL Server and the Azure SQL Database (ASD) variant has been interesting across the last decade. For a long time, ASD felt crippled compared to the on-premises product. The last few years, however, it seems that ASD is getting features first, which then slip into a release that I can download and run locally. It's a cloud-first database now, even though there isn't parity with both products.

In my career, I've worked with a number of platforms in production environments. One of those is Db2, though that's often felt like a legacy platform. I've rarely seen users starting new projects on Db2, though they might add some new databases, especially on AS/400, mainframe, or Linux platforms. I never thought Db2 was less capable than other choices, but I just don't see it used very often.

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