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This may or may not be Off Topic. But I have been asking myself this and I thought maybe some of you could answer this.

Let's say I have to use a commercial RDBMS software by Oracle, Microsoft, or Sybase, and I am bound (of course) to their "per user" license.

How does this license scheme, based on users, is implemented when it is a web based project?

What I am really wondering is, since a web page can be acceses by a very large number of users simultaneosly in a very short time, do you have to pay a special license fee because it is a web based application or are you still restricted to your "per user" license?

I thought that maybe they considered the web server (nobody) user just one user that could make any number of simultaneous connections. But then this could be used as a work around to avoid paying extra user licenses.

Anyone that has worked with commercial DB solutions contribute to this post.

Thanks in advance.

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by t0mas (Priest) on Sep 12, 2000 at 10:41 UTC
    Some time ago I had talks with sales people from some of the major RDBMS vendors about this. They all differ in how they interpret the "user license" term. This is not only a problem when working with web server, but also a problem when working with middle-ware, like Tuxedo.

    What they all have in common is that a user, is a person that benefits from their product. Then they differ in the exact way you are to pay for this. Some say, lets count the average user load during the day, some say lets count the maximum user load during peak hour.

    My advice is that you contact your local sales person for an explanation of how they interpret this.

    /brother t0mas
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