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you would think MS would cut them a super deal on licensing, being that S.O. is such a major site utilizing and promoting their platform, (and its demographics
by th5 15y ago
you would think MS would cut them a super deal on licensing, being that S.O. is such a major site utilizing and promoting their platform, (and its demographics match who they'd want to promote to). If S.O. goes down or has problems due to a SQL server issue like this, (or them not affording another license) that looks pretty bad.
- dan_b 15y agoI believe Joel said that software licenses were a rounding error in the grand scheme of things.
- bunderbunder 15y agoI'm inclined to agree. If you have to spend any time at all figuring out how to fit the cost of a SQL Server license into your business plan, that's the entrepreneurial equivalent of a code smell.
- justincormack 15y agoNot sure MS cares enough about SQL server. They would probably throw money at them to move to Azure though.