It is cost, but it is not as simple as just cost, the ability to just spin up a new database server without the hassle and delay of dealing with getting it lice

It is cost, but it is not as simple as just cost, the ability to just spin up a new database server without the hassle and delay of dealing with getting it licensed it is extremely valuable. This is a large part of the value proposition of linux as well. I mean, I am sure there are companies with site licenses and it is easy to stand up a new microsoft stack, but I have never worked at any of them, for us it was always fighting with management and the purchasing department to get the licenses we needed. As none of us were really people persons this is exhausting. It was so much easier to stand up a service on linux in comparison. No bureaucracy, no delays just get it and go. So we pushed very hard into the linux and friends stack.