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- From: mark@drd.com (Resident.Alien)
- Subject: Re: Licensing FM
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.133050.23210@drd.com>
- Keywords: Licensing
- Organization: DRD Corporation
- References: <1992Nov17.161422.28186@rzu-news.unizh.ch> <1992Nov17.190856.18565@sei.cmu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 13:30:50 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.190856.18565@sei.cmu.edu> ask@sei.cmu.edu (Alan Koch) writes:
- >
- >The way the license server works, you buy a certain number of licenses, then
- >in the license file, you can list those who are allowed to use them or those
- >who are NOT allowed to use them. You can also specify that certain licenses
- >are reserved for certain people. Or, you can list no one. That way, anyone
- >who can get to the license server can use FrameMaker.
- [...]
- >It's a very good flexible system, and it works well (as long as y0ou buy
- >enough licenses.)
-
- Given that floating licenses cost 2.5 to 3 times the node-locked
- versions, it behooves one to closely analysis usage patterns. If an
- individual uses FrameMaker for a majority of their tasks, and so would
- keep a license token monopolized for a majority of the time, it makes
- sense to buy that individual a node-locked version and keep the pricey
- floating versions available for general use.
-
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