You don't need CALs for anonymous connections to either a CF web site or a non-CF web site. You only need CALs for connections that use Windows authentication, such as IIS' FTP users. Also, shop around - you should be able to find Windows 2000 w/5 cals for under $700.
Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "dan martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 11:40 AM Subject: win 2000 professional for web server? > Thanks for the responses. According to MS site, the cost of win 2k server with 5 CALs is $999, 10 CALs is $1199 and 25 CALs is $1799. How many CALs make sense? If the CF is set to 5 concurrent users (the recommended setting) does that mean 5 CALs is all that is needed, or do I need more for other reasons? The MS site is not very useful for figuring out which product to buy. If 6 people try to access a website that is running a 5 CAL licence what happens, an error message or do they just get queued up? Can anyone recommend links or books on web server setup? > > I would like to switch to linux at some point. This site requires some hardware that is controlled by a windows app, so I would need to figure out how to get the linux webserver/CF to talk to the win box. So for now it seems simplest to keep everything on one windows box. Any recommended links or books for linux webserver setup would also be appreciated. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
