Posted on 03/07/2016 7:25:19 PM PST by dayglored
Okay, for those of us who are computer lingo challenged, what does this mean for me ..????????????
I’m still using Win7, and I have been able to keep Win10 from automatically updating.
And .. please explain what this SQL Server for Linux means to me.
“Microsoft’s SQL Server has proven over the last 5 years to outperform Oracle in every major metric”
Make than 15 years.
“640K bytes of memory aught to be enough memory for anyone to do anything. —Bill Gates.”
Really? Bringing up something said 35 years ago??
That's odd. I could swear I'm paying for an MSDN "test engineer" account just so I can download and install MS server ware without having to jump through extra hoops for activation and stay legal for licensing (that's what my corporate counsel told me I had to do, no eval versions allowed).
Frankly my Linux strategy for SQL Server 2016 is Postgres. The trick is not to need any serious disk i/o performance, hahah.
It probably has no direct effect on you, from what you describe. This is mostly of interest to those of us who maintain servers for our companies (System Admin types).
MS SQL Server (MicroSoft Structured Query Language) is a very popular and powerful database software package, used widely in corporate business applications.
MSDN and EA licensing are completely different. If you’ve never worked under an Enterprise Agreement, I can’t speak for your arrangement. Having worked in this capacity for 4 corporations over the last 15 years, I can tell you that this is pretty common for larger EAs.
Also consider if you’re using MAK (Multi-Access Key) licensing vs. KMS (Key Management System) licensing, that makes a huge difference. We are afforded a large number of MAKs each renewal, but most of our licensing is done through volume licensing in our KMS environment.
Yeah, not everyone has an EA. Something to keep in mind, EA does not mean free, just the pricing is hidden from you. It's definitely true they have different flavors of support too (aka Software Assurance).
These things contribute to why open source solutions are so popular, but of course, TANSTAAFL.
I am VERY aware of how much we spend on licensing. Volume licensing is simply a means to simplify license management. One key to rule them all, in a way. And our pricing is not obfuscated at all. Microsoft is very up front with us on how much it costs use per server/seat.
Thanks, I appreciate your taking the time to reassure me that this doesn’t apply to me.
Regards,
I don't mean to start a flame war; Not everyone gets the same deal. It's the customer's responsibility to make sure their side of a mutually beneficial deal is in fact beneficial. But if you don't have a lot of market power as compared to the vendor you may wind up adapting a bit in order to get the deal.
Of course they don't want you to *feel* bad about the deal...heheh.
I completely understand that not everyone gets the same deal. There’s a reason it’s called “volume licensing.” If you have an EA, however, you’re paying at least 5% less than retail. That seems to be consistent across every enterprise I’ve worked.
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