Re: WHAT! 100% price increase for per user!

> You can buy SQL Server 2000 with a 10 user license for around $2200.
> This license allows ten CONCURRENT users.

Double check your licensing: MS includes a certain number of CALs with server products, but the C in CAL means "client," not "concurrent." In other words you have to buy a CAL for each client that will ever connect to the server, regardless of concurrency. It sounds predatory, but that is what it is.

This is Microsoft's definition of a SQL Server CAL :

"A CAL is required for each device that will be accessing or otherwise using the services of the SQL Server, for example, replication, data transformation or query services."

In other words, double check your usage, you may get a visit from Mocrosoft stating they never said "concurrent" in the EULA.

Do yourself a favor and go to
http://microsoft.com/piracy/samguide/tools/cal_guide/sql.asp to see that the 10 CALs you get are NOT concurrent licenses. Received on Wed Jun 20 2001 - 00:47:46 CDT