On 11/8/05, Cliff Meyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/8/05, John Paul Ashenfelter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <rant>.NET is NOT INHERENTLY FREE!!!! It costs a Windows license if > > you use the Microsoft package-- at least $350 (Windows 2003 Web > > edition), more typically $700+ for Std. [Mono, however, is free, > > assuming it does what you want]</rant> > > Yeah, what's funny is that if you jump from Windows and SQL Server to > something like Linux and MySQL/PostgreSQL the money you save almost > gets you that upgrade from CF Professional to Enterprise for "free."
Agreed. And in my experience, most small shops using MS-SQL are violating the license by using a 5-user MS-SQL Standard license instead of the *required* MS-SQL Unlimited License, which is around 3k/CPU. So ASP/.NET + MS-SQL Std properly licensed on a 2CPU box is well over $6000 -- which about the same as CF *enterprise* plus a Red Hat/SUSE license plus MySQL/Postgres/Firebird (or even MSSQL Express/MSDE which is more than adequate for most small shops that "need" MS-SQL). -- John Paul Ashenfelter CTO/Transitionpoint (blog) http://www.ashenfelter.com (email) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
