====== Software License Price ======
  - **MS – SQL Server 2008**
    * SQL Svr Std 2008R2 - $163.00
    * SQL Svr Std 2008R2 1Proc - $1300.00
    * SQL Svr Std 2008R2 Lic/SA - $285.00
    * SQL Svr Std 2008R2 Lic/SA 1 Proc - $2274.00
    * SQL Svr Dev 2008R2 - $6.59   
  - *Windows server 2008* 
    * Windows Standard Server  2008R2 - $50.00(Initial)+ $50.00(Annual renewal fee)
  - **Lab View**
    * Lab view – Basic - $1,249
    * Lab view – Full - $2,599
    * Lab View – Professional - $4,299
    * Lab View – Database connectivity tool kit - $999.00
    * Academic deals
      - 75 % discount on single copies of full, enterprise, professional, and NI Developer Suite application software
      - 50 % discount on base and standard application software
      - 75 % discount on add-on software such as tool sets, tool kits, and modules

====== Analysis ======
  * MS - SQL has 3 editions
    * Free edition has many limitations - Data storage capacity is 4GB
    * Standard edition is sufficient for our requirement
    * Enterprise edition is too costly
  * Development edition is not required since we will mostly be working remotely. Else we can use Express edition - free.
  * Per processor licensing model is not required as we have just 5 computers.
  * CAL licensing model works better and cheap for our requirement.

== Total cost estimate ==

  * 5 * SQL Svr Std 2008 R2 = 5 * 163 = $815.00
  * Windows Standard Server 2008 R2 = $50.00
  * Lab View Full = $2,599*0.25 = $649.75 (**We have 4 computers that will run Lab view. Not sure whether 1 license is enough.**)
  * Lab View Database Connectivity tool kit = $999 * 0.25 = $249.75
  * //__Total = $1764.5__//


====== References ======

Lab view price quoted from - [[http://www.ni.com/labview/how_to_buy.htm]].

Price from Microsoft website - [[http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/pricing.aspx]].

Discounted pricing detail quoted from - [[http://www.oit.umn.edu/utools/index.htm]].

More info about various licensing models - [[http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/7/0/270B6380-8B38-4268-8AD0-F480A139AB19/SQL2008R2_LicensingQuickReference-updated.pdf]]