[thelist] SQL Server 2k Pricing

Jeff Howden jeff at jeffhowden.com
Thu Oct 16 23:03:59 CDT 2003


ken,

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> From: Ken Schaefer
>
> For unauthenticated web applications, you usually need
> the per-processor licence. [...] IIRC the licencing for
> SQL Server was changed recently so that you can't just
> buy a single per user/per device CAL for a webserver
> hosting a web-app connected to SQL Server. In such
> cases you need to buy the per-processor licence.
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this is consistent with my recent experience with a client that needed to
buy mssql2k as well.

also, you can save yourself a bundle by doing the following:

a) don't buy it direct from microsoft.  there are a
   ton of sources from other vendors who have bought
   licenses in bulk and sell them at deeply discounted
   rates.

b) only buy the enterprise version if you actually
   need the features it provides.  most web apps do
   not.

.jeff

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