>Anyone care to explain why SQL Server database is so expensive. > >Prices are (MS Web Site): > > U$ 3,700 Workgroup Edition > U$ 5,737 Standard Edition > U$ 23,911 Enterprise edition > >Can these sort of prices really be justified? > >I may be wrong, but it just seems a bit of a rip off. It’s just a bit of software on a DVD. > >It’s high time someone came up with an alternative.