Re: NT Licenses

From: Matthew Read <mread_at_dircon.co.uk>
Date: 1996/04/26
Message-ID: <3180AE5B.1278_at_dircon.co.uk>#1/1


Shan McArthur wrote:
>
> Matthew Read wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know what the situation regarding number of
> > WindowsNT licenses needed to run Oracle on NT?
>
> Microsoft only requires NT licenses for SMB (LAN) clients. You
> will not have to purchase an NT client license for each of your
> Oracle clients unless they use the named pipes protocol. Think
> of it this way, many internet servers are NT servers, and they
> do not require millions of NT client licenses (yet!).
>
> Shan

Thanks for your help. Is this fact or your personal opinion? The reason for asking is that I'm representing a large company on this and I'd hate to get it wrong and get them prosecuted a few years down the line...

Thanks for you time.

Matt. Received on Fri Apr 26 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST

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