Right. I could do that. But then I'd be paying roughly $4000 more than the
cost of licensing SQL Server 7 directly, because of the new licensing model.
Something I (and more importantly my client) would like to avoid.
Evan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Bernard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 6:45 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: SQL Server Licensing Woes
>
>
> This isn't a perfect solution but, in certain cases, it is possible to buy
> licenses for the newer product and then downgrade. In other words, buy SQL
> 2000 licenses but use them for SQL 7.0. Licenses are especially
> hard to deal
> with because it's just a piece of paper and resellers don't
> typically keep a
> lot of unsold licenses laying around.
>
> Things like this are a perfect example of why everyone should, in my
> opinion, emphatically protest/stop the continuation of UCITA (Uniform
> Computer Information Transactions Act). In the UCITA world MS
> could not only
> stop selling SQL 7 licenses but, could retract previously
> acquired licenses,
> forcing you to buy new licenses or be in violation. Not only
> that, it would
> allow a company to imbed code into its products that would allow them to
> remotely disable the software if you decided you didn't want the new
> licenses.
>
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Evan Lavidor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 6:04 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: WOT: SQL Server Licensing Woes
>
> As many others have done, I'm turning to the group in the hopes
> that someone
> out there has an idea I haven't thought of. I apologize for the OT post.
>
> I'm deploying a new website for a client and we're planning on running MS
> SQL Server 7 as the back end. Since SQL Server 2000 has come
> out, no one is
> selling 7.0 any more (or, they're selling their final inventory).
>
> I've located a copy of the software, but I'm trying to be legal and order
> the Internet Connector licenses. Unfortunately, I can only locate one.
> I've called MS, and they won't sell them anymore (so, if you've got a copy
> of SQL Server 7 that you now want to connect to the Internet, you have to
> order SQL Server 2000 all over again - nice, eh?).
>
> Does anyone have any ideas on where I might locate a copy of the Internet
> Connector license? Any good resources for software online or offline?
> Especially those that sell "last year's version"?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Evan
>
> --
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> Evan Lavidor
> Circle.com Boston
> Tel: 617-585-3107
> Fax: 617-585-3091
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>
>
>
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