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Re:Why Startups Could Use .NET, But Don’t by dhechols on Tuesday May 17, 2011 @04:01PM (#2557646)
>Essentially, the cost differences have become moot.

What? Have you seen these prices? http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/pricing.aspx

That's just SQL Server for god's sake.

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Re:Why Startups Could Use .NET, But Don’t by vyrotek on Tuesday May 17, 2011 @04:33PM (#2557792)
You realize no one actually pays that, right?
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Re:Why Startups Could Use .NET, But Don’t by thomasz on Tuesday May 17, 2011 @04:37PM (#2557810)
15 bucks a month sounds very reasonable...
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Re:Why Startups Could Use .NET, But Don’t by msbarnett on Tuesday May 17, 2011 @06:40PM (#2558247)
That's $15 more per month than we're paying in licensing fees for our RDBMS.

Giving away money I don't need to doesn't sound very reasonable to me.

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