http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/archive/2010/11/04/bizspark-graduation-offer-for-startups.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/archive/2010/11/04/bizspar...

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/archive/2010/11/04/bizspark-graduation-offer-for-startups.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/archive/2010/11/04/bizspar... It's remarkably friendly although you could paint yourself into a corner if you went crazy with SQL Server, but there are a lot of options these days for dealing with large volumes of data. At the end of 3 years the costs are hopefully going to be incidental.