[JohnBooty]

As others have noted, SQL Server is a very powerful platform. I only really know about it from the perspective of a web/app programmer, but that's only the tip of the iceberg.

To answer your question directly...

Don't think of it from the perspective of "green field" development where you're building something from scratch.

While "green field" development is every dev's dream, the overwhelming majority of dev work involves maintaining and integrating with existing services. There are lots of MSSQL installations out there, after all.

On another note, I know soooo many developers for whom "SQL" is synonymous with "MySQL." MySQL is okay, but they should know that Postgres and MSSQL offer a lot of programmer-friendly things that make working with them a heck of a lot more fun than MySQL. Different index types, data types, window functions, CTEs, etc.