Mr. Arnold wrote:
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> "Desk Rabbit" <nospam@example.com> wrote in message
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>> williammaw@aol.com wrote:
>>> How does a CAL affect users accessing web pages on a web server? Does
>>> 10 CAL mean that the server will only serve 10 users at a time?
>> Yeah that's why you don't see many popular sites hosted on Windows
>> machines. I mean jeez, can you imagine having to buy a few million
>> licenses to allow the entire Internet to view your latest web site? No
>> wonder Gates is so fucking rich.
>>
>> You are better advised to use Linux for your web hosting ;-)
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> No Web server on Earth or even a Web server farm is hosting a few
> million clients simultaneously. A Web Server or a Web server farm is a
> stateless connection with each client and one uses a state server to
> maintain client state, along with load balancing in a Web server farm
> solution.
I know, and you should realise that my tongue was firmly in my cheek.