[AccessD] New SQL Server license scheme is RADICALLLY more expensive

John - I think it's a poor strategy on Microsoft's part.
IMHO: They should position themselves price-wise BETWEEN the
ever-so-expensive Oracle and the ever-so-cheap MySQL.
Instead, they appear to be moving towards trying to compete with Oracle...
This is so "Balmer-like".

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> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving; Sqlserver-Dba
> Subject: [AccessD] New SQL Server license scheme is RADICALLLY more
> expensive
>
> 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.
>
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