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Concrete5 on SQL Server

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Greetings everyone!
I have been searching around the forums to get an opinion whether concrete5 can be installed on a MS SQL Server database instead of a mysql database.
Though in this post (http://www.concrete5.org/community/forums/installation/installing-concrete-5-on-microsoft-sql-server/) it is implied that it can be done, in another thread (http://www.concrete5.org/community/forums/installation/concrete5-on-iis-and-microsoft-sql-server-express-possible1/) it is stated that it won't run...
If anyone from the concrete5 team is reading this please answer.
If anyone has a solid opinion I also kindly ask to share it.
Is it SAFE to install concrete5 on SQL Server?
Can it be done? (without rewritting much code?)
 
robodev replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply
I think the answer is "if your life depended on it, and the site never changed, then it would work--maybe".

The issues I see are that there are a great many queries baked into the application, and making sure all those work is no small task.

It would be easy, in theory, to replicate the database and get a static site to work once you worked thorugh getting the app to talk to the database. However, I would expect a great many things would blow up once you started using the CMS.
spapad replied on at Permalink Reply
Thank you for your response! That was the general impression I had too, so after a bit of searching and reading and your clear answer I think the question is answered.