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Re: Local vs. network file

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On 7/2/2012 4:32 PM, Peter Duniho wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:18:59 -0400, Eric Sosman wrote:
>
>>>> [...] 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.
>
> Except that the OP has already stated that the license covers _concurrently
> running instances_ and not installed machines.  In that scenario, the
> licensee has no real reason to pay more for a "network" license than a
> "standalone" one, because they only need to license standalone instances
> that are running either way (i.e. they don't need more licenses than would
> actually be running at a given time).

     One of the things the O.P. actually wrote was

	"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)."

     Okay, the description is not exactly clear.  But one thing that
*is* clear is that two kinds of licenses are contemplated.  As I read
it (and/or guess at it), a "stand-alone" license is tied to a specific
machine, and allows up to N concurrent usages on that machine.  For
a workstation, N is probably 1.  For a server, N may be greater.  But
if machine X is using all N licenses while machine Y is using none,
Y can't lend a license to X.

     The "network" license, on the other hand, allows up to N concurrent
usages across the entire "network" (however that's defined).  It doesn't
matter which machine(s) are being used, so if Y hasn't claimed a license
X can do so.

     Fine, lots of guesswork from an incomplete description.  But IMHO
the guesswork is plausible, and answers Robert Klemme's question.

-- 
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
                Re: Local vs. network file j00sUck <j00-s.U-c_k@gmail.com> - 2012-07-02 22:59 -0400

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