You know, that's what I thought too, but the message we got that kicked this
off was an internal e-mail reply direct from Redmond. According to them,
(what total baloney), they feel that potential users ARE users, so pony up
the $$$$$. To me, this is criminal; what, do they want us to pay for 5
billion CALs if we open our app up to the world at large? Hah, they feel
that on an *intranet*, any potential user is a user needing a CAL. Nope.
Ain't gonna happen.
Imagine leasing a car from Dodge, and 2 years into the lease they tell you
"Oh, by the way, for 2000, we're introducing a new per-passanger licensing.
Each seat in your Durango, and there are 8 seats total, will cost you
$10,000/year. Even if ony you and your wife ever drive it, well, there are 8
seats, so you need to send in a check for $80,000 or we'll repo your
Durango."
As far as selecting an alternative to MSSQL7, we've got some Cache' pros
in-house, and it looks like we just might make the big jump.
Alan McCollough
Web Programmer
Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer
Alaska Native Medical Center
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Daugherty [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 4:42 AM
> To: Fusebox
> Subject: RE: Want to be robbed blind by M$ ???
>
> Alan how many people are you going to have connecting to the SQL db
> directly (not through the web) I suspect that this number is relatively
> small. In that case you don't need the 28K unlimited license you just
> need
> a internet connecter license per processor at like 2k per and enough CAL
> license as people that need direct SQL access. So you are under 10k for
> you
> license.
> {redacted}
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