You may recall about 6 months ago I ranted that our shop was gonna bail on MS SQL and jump over to Cache. Well, that didn't go nowhere, and we're gonna pony up the $$ for SQL. Why? Well, compared to Oracle, 20k/CPU ain't bad. And for now, the folks who were real hot for Cache' are still interested, but they're mired in other projects. SoOoOo, stick with the status quo. Now my big peeve is with the way licensing seems to keep changing, and how its hard to define what your particular use is. What's this baloney about different licensing if you are an ASP? For cryin' out loud, if I buy a van from a Chevrolet dealership, am I gonna pay an additional $3000 if I use it as a plumer's van instead of using it as an electrician's van? And if I buy the van for a fleet of rental vehicles, do I then have to pay an additional $10,000 because I'm gonna rent the van out? I really think the mega-software industry needs to get its licensing act together and come up with a standardized way of calculating pricing, and they need to agree to leave it alone! What, if in the future, somebody develops a 100% edible candy that doubles as a WAP phone? Imagine Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in the 21st century. Is Microsoft then gonna issue an edict that Win2K SQL doesn't include the use of candy phones, and you need the special $90,000 Candy Phone Connector license? Alan McCollough Web Programmer Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer Alaska Native Medical Center > -----Original Message----- > From: Erki Esken [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 2:37 AM > To: Fusebox > Subject: Re: SQL & Licensing Tidbit [BUD] > > Here's something interesting from SQL Server Mag: > ----------------- > One final note: The EULA prohibits you from renting or otherwise using the > SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition license to provide commercial hosting > services. No, Microsoft isn't insanely staying out of the application > service provider (ASP) market, but you need a specialized ASP license to > run SQL Server 2000 in an ASP environments. Contact Microsoft if you plan > to use SQL Server 2000 in a commercial ASP model. > ----------------- > More: > http://www.sqlmag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=15606 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
