Have you worked on MSSQL licensing in the age of Virtualization and per-core licensing? It's gotten VERY complex according to some of my friends that still run

Have you worked on MSSQL licensing in the age of Virtualization and per-core licensing? It's gotten VERY complex according to some of my friends that still run it. It seems they have changed their pricing strategy: Oracle: What is your IT budget? We'll take it. (all of it) Microsoft: Hey, at least we're not as bad as Oracle.