Basically, yep. But you can see why people get some sticker shock: $14,256 on their website for SQL Server 2014 enterprise (per core!) http://www.microsoft.com

Basically, yep. But you can see why people get some sticker shock: $14,256 on their website for SQL Server 2014 enterprise (per core!) http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/sql-server/purchasing.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/sql-ser... However as you say, you could easily get a 50% discount on that without having a big SQL Server farm. No bizspark required.