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

[tim <tim@tneu.visi.com>]

On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Amy Tanner wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 10:49:11PM -0500, Bob Tanner (tanner@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.

...Which is why there is an NT port of Samba. 

It seems kindof stupid to run Samba on an NT box (which already talks
SMB), but if you use Samba and disable the NT "Server" service, supposedly
you can use a 1 user NT Server license to serve unlimited clients (since
Samba is handling the users, not NT)

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