Re: SQL Server Licensing question

2001-05-02 Thread Bud
On 2/27/01, Jeffry Houser penned: If you want to get sneaky, just provide ColdFusion hosting, with SQL Server databases thrown in for free. That's not much different than giving away Internet Explorer with your purchase of windows, is it? Sure, you don't pay (directly) for IE, but MS had to

SQL Server Licensing question

2001-02-27 Thread Bud
Hi all. Sorry for the OT post. Just got my brand new SQL Server 2000 with 1 processor license in the mail and promptly read over the license. What in Gawd's name is this supposed to mean? NO RENTAL/NO COMMERCIAL HOSTING. You may not rent, lease, lend, or provide commercial hosting services

RE: SQL Server Licensing question

2001-02-27 Thread Christian L. Watt
this answers your question. CW -Original Message- From: Bud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 12:30 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: SQL Server Licensing question Hi all. Sorry for the OT post. Just got my brand new SQL Server 2000 with 1 processor license in the mail

Re: SQL Server Licensing question

2001-02-27 Thread Ken Wilson
al hosting services. - Original Message - From: "Bud" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "CF-Talk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 1:30 PM Subject: SQL Server Licensing question Hi all. Sorry for the OT post. Just got my brand new SQL Server 2000 with 1

Re: SQL Server Licensing question

2001-02-27 Thread Jeffry Houser
At 01:30 PM 02/27/2001 -0500, you wrote: Hi all. Sorry for the OT post. Just got my brand new SQL Server 2000 with 1 processor license in the mail and promptly read over the license. What in Gawd's name is this supposed to mean? NO RENTAL/NO COMMERCIAL HOSTING. You may not rent, lease, lend,

RE: SQL Server Licensing question

2001-02-27 Thread Bud
On 2/27/01, Christian L. Watt penned: Yes, you can. ColdFusion is the main user of the database at that point. I believe this clause is reffering to you setting up a SQL server and letting other companies connect to it as a production database for there company, not for web production. Not the

Re: SQL Server Licensing question

2001-02-27 Thread Adrian Cooper
- Original Message - From: "Jeffry Houser" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 12:01 AM NO RENTAL/NO COMMERCIAL HOSTING. You may not rent, lease, lend, or provide commercial hosting services with the Product. So, did I just throw away 4k? Can SQL Server not be

Re: SQL Server Licensing question

2001-02-27 Thread Edward Smith
Send it back, and use PostgreSQL. Send it back. There are a lot of databases out there. What is your required feature set? Bud wrote: On 2/27/01, Christian L. Watt penned: Yes, you can. ColdFusion is the main user of the database at that point. I believe this clause is reffering to

Re: SQL Server Licensing question

2001-02-27 Thread Adrian Cooper
- Original Message - From: "Bud" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 9:30 PM Nope. I just got off the phone with them. You have to sign up for the Application Service Provider's licensing program and pay them $5.99 per month for every client who hosts SQL Server.