| From: | GH <grasshacker(at)over-yonder(dot)net> |
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| To: | wsheldah(at)lexmark(dot)com |
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| Subject: | Re: More Red Hat information |
| Date: | 2001-06-26 16:52:47 |
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On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 11:57:55AM -0400, some SMTP stream spewed forth:
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> I agree. How is a person supposed to count the number of users if the database
> is being used to support a public dynamic web site? Is the company supposed to
> buy a separate license for every unique IP address that ever hits a dynamic web
> page on the site? I can see licensing per server, or even per CPU, but
> licensing any server application per user quickly becomes ridiculous when the
> server is supporting any internet application.
I believe "user" refers to simultaneous connections. I could be wrong.
Look at this way:
PostgreSQL: free
MS SQL: not free
Hm, tough one. (And, I think I could figure out a new database for less
than a few grand.) ;-)
gh
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