I'm not intimate with Oracle pricing, but Microsoft doesn't want to sell just the RDBMS, but the entire SQL Server ecosystem. The enterprise license includes al

I'm not intimate with Oracle pricing, but Microsoft doesn't want to sell just the RDBMS, but the entire SQL Server ecosystem. The enterprise license includes all of SSAS, SSRS, SSIS, integrated R in the DB, integrated SQL over big data sources, and a whole bunch of other stuff. My understanding is that the fully loaded cost of the entire data pipeline from source to business insight is where the TCO argument confess from. I'm not trying to shill and hope I don't come across that way. I just want to share a semi-insider perspective to help others understand where MS is coming from. Do with that understanding what you will. I don't have a horse on this race.