HI Michael, no problem.
We've been running ArcGIS/SDE with Oracle for about 22 years, I like our implementation, performance is great, and support has been good -- although we don't open many tickets for SDE because it's smooth sailing.
Our management wants to move to SQL Server because of cost, it has something to do with we used to have a bigger Oracle footprint, then downsized, and now we can't renegotiate our contract (for some reason) and we are still paying a higher price.
I'd love to hear experiences of anyone who has migrated from Oracle to SQL Server. I'm well-versed on the Oracle side, and many of the SQL Server concepts are the same, mostly reckoning back to older Oracle versions. Management was under the impression that SQL Server administration is easier, but so far my experience isn't that it's easier, it's just different. There will be growing pains.
So it comes down to we are migrating not for a technical reason, but for a dollar amount reason.
Sherrie