[dba-SQLServer] New SQL Server license scheme is RADICALLLY more expensive

jwcolby jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Sat Nov 12 08:26:40 CST 2011


http://sqlserverperformance.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/sql-server-2012-licensing-and-hardware-considerations/

The full retail license cost per physical core is $6874.00 for SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition.

I cannot imagine that there will not be a huge backlash about this from clients and massive 
switching to MySQL and the likes.

I know that I will never purchase SQL Server 2010.

-- 
John W. Colby
Colby Consulting

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it


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