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Re:Google May Have to Get Used to Third Place in the Cloud by manigandham on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @05:59PM (#18455032)
Are you talking about SQL Server? You can keep using old versions, and the performance improvements of modern hardware and new versions end up providing more value overall.

With Maps, there's suddenly a new price and you have no options.

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Re:Google May Have to Get Used to Third Place in the Cloud by Spooky23 on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @10:28PM (#18456653)
Also Windows and System Center. It’s very painful for Microsoft shops as many applications really need standalone SQL.

With our scaled up SCCM environment, SQL alone increased licensing cost by a very significant factor, as you need to license SQL Enterprise when you exceed the core limits of the gratis SQL Standard license.

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