I understand that; but the cost per user for the processor sku drops to some negligible amount. This is a "worst case" sku for apps that handle a lot of data and don't have a lot of users (or use a web service, where there is effectively one user).

Hank

>>I think you have the wrong SKU. It's $1600: http://www.provantage.com/microsoft-228-04025~7MCSB0F5.htm
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>>Hank
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>This depends on the licensing type. The link you provided is for SQL Server using a per client licensing scheme, which is OK when you have a pretty limited number of clients. the price is for the server and 5 client licenses.
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>The other method of licensing is per processor, which is more expensive to start (around $3000/processor I believe) but you are allowed unlimited connections.