Paradigma Wants You - Valentina Community Server

[Kim Kohen]

G'day Lynn,

> Along with 3.1, we are announcing a new product - a FREE product  
> based on
> 3.1. This is Valentina Community Server, a linux based, unlimited  
> connection
> database server. You can build web solutions around VCS 3.1 using  
> PHP 4 or
> 5. More webby languages and web frameworks will be supported ( a few
> guesses?).
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Whilst I applaud the community mindedness of this, it leaves me  
somewhat mystified as to the policy on PHP for other platforms. I  
know we've had this discussion before privately - whether PHP  
connections should be considered part of the server's connection  
count - but these leaves me even more puzzled.

As a 'paid up VDN member' do I need to pay $199 for PHP separately?  
Will PHP connections still come off my server connection total. Why  
would I not simply build a linux box and stop paying altogether for  
Valentina?  I know Linux folks are used to getting stuff for free but  
it seems to be spitting in the face of your paying customers.

I'll restate what I said ages ago. I think PHP should be included in  
the server price and the connections *shouldn't* count towards the  
server connection limit. It makes it impossible to accurately  
determine how many connections to a server are needed and I don't  
know of any other DB vendor that does it this way.  I could have a  
perfectly operating web site which gets mentioned on slashdot and  
suddenly my database refuses connections. Looks bad for me AND the  
database vendor.

And what is the standalone PHP on the website? - the links are broken  
and they're not mentioned anywhere on the info page.

Perhaps I'm missing something or have it all wrong...

cheers

kim