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| From | Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Local vs. network file |
| Date | 2012-07-02 16:18 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <jssvnq$hg5$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 7/2/2012 1:33 PM, Robert Klemme wrote:
> On 28.06.2012 11:10, Qu0ll wrote:
>
>> The situation is that I have developed some software which the client
>> wishes to license as either a stand-alone product or with a network
>> model. The network license permits a fixed maximum number of concurrent
>> users to load the software from a single network share. The stand-alone
>> license permits a fixed maximum number of concurrent users to run the
>> software on their local machine (the maximum controls the number of
>> concurrent machines on which it is running). It's a pricing and
>> marketing thing; the network license is more expensive but doesn't
>> really offer any extra functionality or benefit.
>
> Err, why would anyone want to pay more for the network share license?
> Maybe I am missing something but I don't understand the business case here.
It might be more economical to support N occasional users with
M << N expensive "floating" licenses than to buy N cheaper dedicated
licenses and see them sit unused most of the time.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=floating+license
--
Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid
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Local vs. network file "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2012-06-25 02:18 +1000
Re: Local vs. network file Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-24 18:57 +0200
Re: Local vs. network file "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2012-06-25 03:24 +1000
Re: Local vs. network file Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2012-06-24 10:49 -0700
Re: Local vs. network file "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2012-06-25 04:01 +1000
Re: Local vs. network file Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-06-24 14:12 -0400
Re: Local vs. network file Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-24 20:20 +0200
Re: Local vs. network file Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-06-24 14:26 -0500
Re: Local vs. network file Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-24 20:14 +0200
Re: Local vs. network file Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2012-06-24 13:10 -0700
Re: Local vs. network file "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2012-06-28 19:10 +1000
Re: Local vs. network file Silvio Bierman <silvio@moc.com> - 2012-06-28 11:39 +0200
Re: Local vs. network file Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2012-06-28 07:31 -0700
Re: Local vs. network file Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-07-02 19:33 +0200
Re: Local vs. network file Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2012-07-02 21:49 +0200
Re: Local vs. network file Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-07-02 16:18 -0400
Re: Local vs. network file Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2012-07-02 13:32 -0700
Re: Local vs. network file Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-07-02 18:32 -0400
Re: Local vs. network file Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-07-02 16:25 -0700
Re: Local vs. network file Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2012-07-02 17:35 -0700
Re: Local vs. network file Nine of Seventeen <n9seventeen17@gmail.com> - 2012-07-02 21:10 -0400
Re: Local vs. network file uBend <d0b@d1b.d1b.null> - 2012-07-02 22:45 -0400
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