Power consumption is a concern even in data centers, but yeah, the power cost of this inefficiency is probably inconsequential in situations where sqlservr is actually being used.
But, VS installed and started sqlservr on millions of developer machines so they should have paid some attention to this issue. Super sloppy.
it's also installed by millions of other applications - a sony laptop I had once shipped with some "music management" app installed by default that used it.
So true, if only more users realized this. I for one really appreciate your work this.
Users don't understand that computer resources like CPU time and battery level are really their property. It is an awful like paying a hidden poor quality tax.
It is not unreasonable to expect software to not waste CPU and battery time.
But, VS installed and started sqlservr on millions of developer machines so they should have paid some attention to this issue. Super sloppy.