The Internet Connector license is only valid for connections from OUTSIDE
your organization. Internal clients still need to be paid for at regular
prices. This one shocked me too, I had to read the license several times to
make sure that's what it said.
--
Adam Ruth
InterCation, Inc.
www.intercation.com
"Chad" <cmcleaton_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:8gmamf$6l8$1_at_gaddy.interpath.net...
> I have to disagree with the licensing comment. If you are running
> a web server you can buy an Internet Connector license for SQL Server
> and this allows for unlimited connections to the database server.
>
> On another note, I feel like SQL, Oracle, and DB2 all have their place.
The
> time
> it takes to develop good application and db design is more important than
> which
> DBMS you use. SQL is definitely the best platform in the Intel arena...
> you'd be
> crazy not to seriously consider SQL Server for any application (even if
you
> want
> your web server to run on a Unix box). SQL 7.0 is a real database.. 6.5
> really
> wasn't that great, but SQL 7.0 (and especially the upcoming SQL 2000) will
> do
> anything you need it to do. You get replication, OLAP services and a
number
> of
> other freebies that cost big bucks if you buy Oracle (not sure about
DB2 --
> I don't
> know what they include). It is no brainer..
>
> "Davide Bianchi" <davide_bianchi_at_usa.net> wrote in message
> news:8glsk6$1imtl$1_at_fu-berlin.de...
> > Pay attention also to the client licence fee. I remember that MS want a
> > licence for each CLIENT accessing the database in an Intranet
environment,
> > this means that if you have 1000 users, you need 1000 licences (!!!!).
>
>
>
Received on Sat May 27 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT
