Even though the substantial connector price increase is unwelcome, the
changes in the licensing scheme make perfect sense and greatly simplify the
licensing. It's no long an 'Internet Connector' license, just a 'Processor'
license and permits you to simply license the server per processor, without
consideration of whether users are situated on the LAN, whether they're
employees or contractors, or connecting through middleware, etc. This was a
major source of confusion with SQL 7 licensing. This is also probably their
reason for the price increase, since they would no longer require the
purchase of CALs. Someone using SQL for just for web site hosting gets
shafted though, since he wasn't purchasing any CALs.
<<
Licensing Options
Processor
Under this new structure, a customer acquires a Processor License for each
processor of the server running the SQL Server software. A Processor License
includes access for an unlimited number of users to connect from either
inside the corporate large area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN) or
outside the firewall. Customers do not need to purchase additional Server
Licenses, Client Access Licenses, or Internet Connector Licenses.
>>
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zachary Bedell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 11:02 AM
Subject: RE: SQL Server Licesning
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> Actually, the standard edition is quite fine for most website tasks.
>
> For a comparison of the different editions, check out:
> http://www.microsoft.com/sql/productinfo/sqlcompdata.htm
>
> Basically the difference between Enterprise & Standard is that
> Standard can't do clustering, can't do server failover, and a few
> other heavy features. You'd certainly want them if you were starting
> the next EBay or Amazon, but for general site hosting, Standard
> should definately get the job done.
>
> I'll definately agree with you that per CPU licensing is a crock,
> tho...
>
> Regards,
> Zac Bedell
>
> > That ain't quite correct. I think if you want to do anything
> > beyond limited
> > SQL, you'll end up needing the $20K/cpu Enterprise Edition of
> > SQL, which is
> > comparable to Oracle.
> >
> > Either way, I think $20K/cpu is a miserable ripoff. In our
> > instance, I have
> > a quad-processor SQL box, but the processors are 200mhz. Why
> > should I pay
> > $80K for a license when a single-CPU 1ghz box would perform
> > so much better,
> > and cost only $20K in licensing?
> >
> > Moral? Per-CPU licensing is flawed.
> >
> > Alan McCollough
> > Web Programmer
> > Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer
> > Alaska Native Medical Center
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Zachary Bedell [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 6:48 AM
> > > To: CF-Talk
> > > Subject: RE: SQL Server Licesning
> > >
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> > > Well... Looks like M$ has changed their licensing strategy
> > > again, but... Looking at the info from
> > > http://www.microsoft.com/sql/productinfo/pricing.htm, you're
> > > looking at $5000 per processor for unlimited user licenses. Not
> > bad compared
> > > to Oracle.... Also not bad considering the Internet Connector
> > > License (which doesn't appear to exist anymore) used to go for
> > > $20,000.
> > >
> > > For more (accurate...) information, check out the SQL Server
> > > website - -- it's very nice.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Zac Bedell
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Paul Mone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 2:45 PM
> > > > To: CF-Talk
> > > > Subject: RE: SQL Server Licesning
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Any idea how much that runs?
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Neil Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 3:12 AM
> > > > To: CF-Talk
> > > > Subject: RE: SQL Server Licesning
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > yep you can get an unlimited internet connectivity license.
>
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