ASP.NET great technology but unaffordable?

Hello,

we were in contact with the microsoft licence hotline last week. We
want to build a asp.net application based upon a windows 2003 server
and Microsoft sql-server 2005. It will be a commerical application for
customers. The question was which microsoft licences are required on
the customer site.

The technology: ASP.NET, One central SQL-Server login, internal user
database - no windows authentication.

The answer: Each user needs a Windows 2003 Standard Server CAL or a
External Connector licence (never heard that before). For SQL-Server
each user needs a CAL or the SQL-Server a processor licence

But this means: Never mind how your application is built, for each
little webshop, webboard, etc. hosted on a windows 2003 Standard
server you'll need an unlimited amount of Windows CALs or the external
connector licence.

I was never a friend of Linux & PHP - but how should IIS & ASP.NET
bear up against Linux & PHP then? I guess there are thousands of
illegal web applications when the above definition is true.

Thanks for your reply

Alfred

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