Company says licensing is weak spot in Oracle's armory, and it hopes to use it to woo database customers to SQL Server 2008.

Microsoft rolled out a description of its SQL Server 2012 licensing model on Thursday. Microsoft's up-and-coming relational database management system (formerly code-named "Denali") promises self ...

But Microsoft will only charge us for each socket in its “per processor” multi-core SQL Server licensing policy. With a new quad-core processor, we only have to pay for one processor license ...

With new R2 licensing, costs go up and unlimited virtualization rights on SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition go away ...

Microsoft moved to the cores pricing model largely to match its competition and customer demands, according to Wes Miller, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft. "Cores are something that Microsoft ...

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To license under Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise 2012 they would license it as 40 (4×10) core licenses. (See the note about “Software Assurance Implications” below).

Company says licensing is weak spot in Oracle's armory, and it hopes to use it to woo database customers to SQL Server 2008.

Microsoft rolled out a description of its SQL Server 2012 licensing model on Thursday.