Good point. MS SQL Server is pretty cheap compared to comparably
performing alternatives. If you're putting up a web site for "Joe's Bait
& Tackle" and absolutely must have the security of MS SQL Server then you
have to be willing to pay for it.
For those advocating the purchase of CALs instead of the Internet
Connector license, how in the world do you determine "concurrent"
connections? Doesn't CF itself have a limit, configured in the
Administrator, which is usually set in the neighborhood of four or five
concurrent processes? If CF isn't running more than five templates
simultaneously, and given the sequential execution of CF templates, then I
don't see how the db server could concurrently process more (assuming one
db server being accessed by a single CF server). Would this mean you'd
only need five CALs for net users?
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Moretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 1:11 PM
Subject: RE: appropriate SQL 7 licensing for CF website
>>
>> FWIW, the wholesale price of the Internet Connector at the best
available
>> volume license program level (that is, available to me) is over
>> $2100. This means that, essentially, the end user has to
>> purchase at least
>> five licenses for their own use to qualify.
>>
>
>I think a point we're probably all forgetting is the clients....
>
>If the client is a big company that requires a database that is capable
of
>handling requests for a site with in excess of 1 million page
impressions,
>then they can probably afford to pay the full price for internet
connector
>licence.
>
>If you're building smaller sites for smaller clients then they can
probably
>be handled using an Access97 or 2000 datasource. If you're hosting a
number
>of these smaller sites on one or more box then it may be worth shelling
out
>the cost yourself, but getting it back in the hosting/development cost of
>the multiple sites.
>
>Just a thought... ;o)
>
>Regards
>
>Stephen
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