Re: [TCLUG:22812] Licensing of NT in a linux vs nt whitepaper

[jack@jacku.com]

I was intrigued by this so I went and did a quick check. I remember reading something similar in Infoworld, I think, around the time Win2K was launched. 
From The MS website (http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/guide/server/pricing/changes.asp):
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Authenticated Internet access. Customers with Internet sites using Windows 2000 authentication will require CALs for authenticated users connecting to their sites. Such customers may comply with this licensing requirement by purchasing CALs in "Per seat" or "Per Server" mode. Or, they may opt to purchase the new Internet Connector license for unlimited Internet CALs on a single server. Access to Internet sites by anonymous users does not require a CAL. 
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The Internet Connector runs about $2K (nice symmetry ;-) and allows unlimited authenticated web users per server. 

These licenses are written so that the average person (read: non-lawyer) is so confused they buy the most encompassing (and expensive) option just to be safe.

Later.
Jack


On Wed, 18 October 2000, Nate Carlson wrote:

> 
> On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Amy Tanner wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> I was reading _somewhere_ (don't remember where) that they changed the
> licensing with the release of Win2000 so that you would have to be
> licensed for every simultaneous web site connection. I wish I could find
> that article.. I think it was on /.
> 
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