"The product they're putting in will work on SQL Server, but there's suddenly a lot of political pressure to use Oracle because the expensive consultant says so."
That works both ways and MS is putting *a lot of money* to consultants pockets, at least as much as Oracle.
But if SQL Server can handle it, then MySQL or MariaDB or Progres can handle it too. They only don't have marketing droids to push them.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
