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? Reading the EULA it seems that you have to purchase an unlimited-user license because the 'net represents unlimited users of this machine. Is the correct? The info I want seems to be in the EULA but I cannot pull it out of all the legalise that is in there. * Next Topic * Doing a similar thing for Postgres vs MySQL vs MS SQL server vs MS Access. MS Access seems to say single user, so as a db backend to a busy website, is the NT box the 1 user? Again, EULA for MS SQL Server is confusing. There seems to be issues about users and simulanteous connections. If you use MS SQL server as the back-end, do you need to have unlimited users, or will the 20-user version work for a busy web site? I'd be happy to share this with the LUG, so people will have a reference to it for other Linux vs NT sales pitches. -- Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (612)943-8700 http://www.mn-linux.org | Fax : (612)943-8500 Key fingerprint = 6C E9 51 4F D5 3E 4C 66 62 A9 10 E5 35 85 39 D9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org