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SQL server != Windows Server That also appears to only cover web servers that do not have any login capability. Why on earth would you spend that kind of money
by cmdrfred 10y ago
SQL server != Windows Server
That also appears to only cover web servers that do not have any login capability. Why on earth would you spend that kind of money to host a static site?
- brazzledazzle 10y agoIt's for services available to the public. So if you wanted to build a site that required payment to sign up you could do so.
- UK-AL 10y agoSQL sever doesn't have a "Data center" license. You would license SQL sever on a core based licensing model, which doesn't use CAL's. If anyone can purchase a login to your website, that's still classed as public. What its means is internal apps require licenses.
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- cmdrfred 10y agoMy whole point has been that Microsoft solutions are expensive. Is 6.5K per core cheap to you?[0] [0]https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-platform/sql-server-pricing https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-platform/sql-server-pr...
- UK-AL 10y agoRelative to salaries required to get similar features setup on open source databases with support, yes. EnterpriseDB which is basically support for PostGres is almost as expensive.