From: "Robert Comer" 

> As for per-user, I can't imagine going per-user on a production
> database, per-CPU gets cheaper at a pretty low number of users.

Just what is that pretty low number of users?

> Oh, and if you go per-user with Oracle you have to buy a minimum of 25
> users.   (Or maybe 25 per CPU, I can't remember now.   I was so
> horrified at the idea of having to pay for the licenses for the standby
> box, it addled my brain.)

I can understand that, and really don't like Oracle for other reasons too,
but I'm not wild about MS's licensing fees either, they're about twice what
I pay for AS/400 CAL's, and I have unlimited users vs Microsoft limited
users. (10 users one box, 25 another, and 6 for another.)

- Bob Comer


"Ellen K."  wrote in message
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> Well, when Oracle charges for the standby box, that's also only for the
> database, so the comparison is still valid.
>
> As for per-user, I can't imagine going per-user on a production
> database, per-CPU gets cheaper at a pretty low number of users.
>
> Oh, and if you go per-user with Oracle you have to buy a minimum of 25
> users.   (Or maybe 25 per CPU, I can't remember now.   I was so
> horrified at the idea of having to pay for the licenses for the standby
> box, it addled my brain.)
>
> On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:32:29 -0400, "Robert Comer"
>  wrote in message
> :
>
>>I thought you might have been talking about the per-cpu for SQL server.
>>It
>>doesn't work that way for the OS or the other type SQL Server license.
>>
>>- Bob comer
>>
>>
>>Ellen K. wrote:
>>> I only know about the per-CPU SQL Server licenses.
>>>
>>> On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 07:11:22 -0400, "Robert Comer"
>>>  wrote in message
:
>>>
>>>>> (For the record, Microsoft does
>>>>> NOT charge for licenses for standby boxes.)
>>>>
>>>> I'm not so sure of that, at least for the OS, don't know for sure
>>>> about SQL Server, but wouldn't that depend on what kind of license
>>>> you bought to begin with?
>>>>
>>>> - Bob Comer
>>
>

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