That's how DB2's Internet Connection license works. $2,800 (per processor)
and you can have all internal and external clients attach to a database.
That makes DB2 quite a bit less expensive than SQL Server when used with
large numbers of clients, especially when some are internal and some
external.
--
Adam Ruth
InterCation, Inc.
www.intercation.com
"Michael D. Long" <lead_dog_at_bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:75hY4.1541$O.11032_at_news1.atl...
>
> The original comment regarding per seat licensing for *Intranet*
> connections is valid. The *Internet* Connector is valid only for
> e-commerce type sites and does not cover internal sites.
>
> Were this not true, then everyone would simply cut their costs
> by moving to a 3-tier architecture and SQL Servers revenue would
> drop dramatically.
>
> --
> Michael D. Long
> http://extremedna.homestead.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 Sun May 28 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT
