On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 10:49:11PM -0500, Bob Tanner (tanner at real-time.com) wrote: > Since I have never really used NT for anything, I am not sure I totally > understand the licensing agreements. > > I am writing a paper comparing linux to nt from a cost prospective (money). > > Now, I see you can get NT 5-user for around $1000 list. Attempting to read the > EULA confuses the hell out of me, so I am going to ask the list. > > If you use NT as the operating system for a web site, can you run your web site > on just a 5-user license? Even if you take (cough) millions of hits a day on > this box? AFAIK, NT license does not matter for websites. NT license is for users logging in to the box (file/print, etc). However, if you have a SQLServer db, there's a $2500 thingy you're supposed to buy since you can have a ton of connections (users) to your database. This is how it was a few years ago, anyway. Don't know about Access. <snip> -- Amy Tanner Voice: 612.943.8700 Real Time Enterprises, Inc. Fax: 612.943.8500 amy at real-time.com http://www.real-time.com PGP fingerprint = 67 6C 8F DB B1 7A 8D 41 DC 7B CA 0B 28 1E 67 AD --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org