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  • July 28, 2011 at 12:37 pm

    #1360406

    p.s. Check with your licensing provider or with MS licensing. The cost of getting this wrong is not small (audits and fines)

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • July 28, 2011 at 3:22 pm

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    GilaMonster (7/28/2011)

    p.s. Check with your licensing provider or with MS licensing. The cost of getting this wrong is not small (audits and fines)

    What's the "standard" fine for getting this wrong?

  • July 28, 2011 at 4:06 pm

    #1360491

    ajsnyman (7/28/2011)

    Thanks Ninja's_RGR'us, I think we past per user license and will have to get a CPU lic.

    MS is killing us 3rd world countries :crazy:

    As you mentioned that you worked with Pathologists, it is worth pointing out that Microsoft may give substantial discounts for non-profits and charities. though like everything this does depend on your country and various other factors but it may be worth enquirying about if you fit the criteria

  • July 28, 2011 at 11:01 pm

    #1360545

    steveb. (7/28/2011)

    ajsnyman (7/28/2011)

    Thanks Ninja's_RGR'us, I think we past per user license and will have to get a CPU lic.

    MS is killing us 3rd world countries :crazy:

    As you mentioned that you worked with Pathologists, it is worth pointing out that Microsoft may give substantial discounts for non-profits and charities. though like everything this does depend on your country and various other factors but it may be worth enquirying about if you fit the criteria

    In this situation they are in the business for profit 😛

  • July 29, 2011 at 3:35 am

    #1360617

    I wonder if all the pathologists request reports to a single user of your company, then this user generate the reports and send it back to the pathologists, you would only need the CAL for this single user?

    If this was not true, that would mean you would have to pay a CAL for every user accessing the data directly (or through the report generating software) and for each person who end up getting a copy of said reports, which is not possible either.

  • July 29, 2011 at 3:47 am

    #1360624

    A per processor license works for most Small businesses. Besides reporting should be hosted on a different server altogether in the long run. Trying to fit OLTP and reporting and even a bit of ETL all on the same servers is asking too much even with a small budget 😀

    Jayanth Kurup[/url]

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