You&#x27;re right, our company made the mistake.<p>MSFTs tactics: allowing you to install SQL Server Enterprise without actually having a paid-for license, is similar to charging someone a fee for a service, and having them opt-out of any reoccuring subscription fees.<p>This is just anecdotal evidence that &quot;new Microsoft&quot; is the same as &quot;old Microsoft.&quot;<p>I&#x27;m willing to believe that the folks working on this actually do care about contributing to open source and believe &quot;rising tides raise all ships,&quot; but not for a second do I think that the decision makers at MSFT also believe that way.