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Joel's article was written in 2004 so, using gasoline as the benchmark, the 2012 dollars figure is $2180 [1]. [1] http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28avera

Joel's article was written in 2004 so, using gasoline as the benchmark, the 2012 dollars figure is $2180 [1]. [1] http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28average+price+of+gasoline+2012%29%2F%28average+price+of+gasoline+2004%29+*+%241000&a=UnitClash_*%24.*USDollars--&a=*DPClash.GasPriceE.gasoline-_*AllGrades.dflt- http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28average+price+of+gas...

einhverfr 15y ago
SQL Server was in that range for many forms of licenses, and so was Windows Server when I worked at Microsoft. Actually I could think of a lot of software in that range. Today, I was looking at UBS in South-East Asia..... A basic system may be a bit below $2k, but a functional system is probably about $4-5k. Also a basic functional system of Sage ERP for smaller businesses is often well above $10k and below $50k
- endersshadow 15y ago
  SQL Server was $50k per socket (going to core) for the Enterprise Edition as a list price. The typical SQL Server sale was >$100k, easily. Also, sales were negotiated and Microsoft licensing is totally fluid, especially if an Enterprise Agreement comes into the mix (where the cost is spread out over a few years). People citing MS licenses here are blind to how the majority of MS license in Enterprises get sold--huge deals with multi-year subscriptions that cost lots of money. MS will typically "true up" licenses at the end of an EA.
adamtmca 15y ago
Gasoline is a poor choice of benchmark. Energy prices aren't really a proxy for inflation. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=core+inflation+from+2004+to+2012 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=core+inflation+from+200...
- anamax 15y ago
  > Gasoline is a poor choice of benchmark. Energy prices aren't really a proxy for inflation. Core inflation is also a poor choice. My housing costs are fixed, so the variation that I see is in the things that core inflation excludes.
  - jsight 15y ago
    I am not sure that I understand your mention of housing costs. Doesn't core inflation exclude housing costs as well?
    - anamax 15y ago
      According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_inflation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_inflation , core inflation excludes food and energy. It does not exclude housing.

einhverfr 15y ago

SQL Server was in that range for many forms of licenses, and so was Windows Server when I worked at Microsoft. Actually I could think of a lot of software in that range. Today, I was looking at UBS in South-East Asia..... A basic system may be a bit below $2k, but a functional system is probably about $4-5k. Also a basic functional system of Sage ERP for smaller businesses is often well above $10k and below $50k

endersshadow 15y ago
SQL Server was $50k per socket (going to core) for the Enterprise Edition as a list price. The typical SQL Server sale was >$100k, easily. Also, sales were negotiated and Microsoft licensing is totally fluid, especially if an Enterprise Agreement comes into the mix (where the cost is spread out over a few years). People citing MS licenses here are blind to how the majority of MS license in Enterprises get sold--huge deals with multi-year subscriptions that cost lots of money. MS will typically "true up" licenses at the end of an EA.

adamtmca 15y ago

Gasoline is a poor choice of benchmark. Energy prices aren't really a proxy for inflation. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=core+inflation+from+2004+to+2012 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=core+inflation+from+200...

anamax 15y ago
> Gasoline is a poor choice of benchmark. Energy prices aren't really a proxy for inflation. Core inflation is also a poor choice. My housing costs are fixed, so the variation that I see is in the things that core inflation excludes.
- jsight 15y ago
  I am not sure that I understand your mention of housing costs. Doesn't core inflation exclude housing costs as well?
  - anamax 15y ago
    According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_inflation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_inflation , core inflation excludes food and energy. It does not exclude housing.