It works out about the same as Oracle now from SQL 2012. Azure is the only way to cut costs but the managed SQL services are awful. Both are equally hassle-some

It works out about the same as Oracle now from SQL 2012. Azure is the only way to cut costs but the managed SQL services are awful. Both are equally hassle-some. SAP is different - you're not paying for a product, you're paying for consultants on subscription and a product... Oracle tooling I.e. JDK, Netbeans, Oracle Linux (repackaged RHEL) etc is 100% free. VS isn't.