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>In article <1072@aucs.UUCP> paul@aucs.UUCP (Paul Steele) writes:
>In my early investigation of Appleshare, I was told that if you wanted
>to have 10 people running the same program, then there would have to be
>10 different copies of the software on the file server.  This was totally
>unacceptable so we went with MacJANET, which did not have this restriction.
>[...]
 
In article <9416@apple.Apple.Com> han@apple.UUCP (Byron Han, fire fighter) writes:
>I believe part of the problem lies in the fact that many applications are
>not licensed to be placed on file servers and multi-launched.  Therefore, if 
>10 people want to run their Mac??? software package, they should actually
>have 10 copies of Mac??? on their file server.

Actually, most licensing agreements we have seen recently permit a single
copy of an application program to be placed on a file server and
multilaunched, as long as the individual or organization operating the file
server has purchased at least as many individual copies of the package as
the maximum possible number of simultaneous users of that package.  (This
does not take into account the increasing number of site, server, or
multiple user licenses which are becoming available.)

Like Mr. Steele, we have been using Waterloo MacJANET in our academic
microcomputer lab.  I have extremely impressed with its performance in this
setting.  One particular attribute which has proven attractive is the
ability to permit multilaunching of applications from *read-only* volumes,
permitting a high degree of protection from alteration and piracy and
simplifying routine server maintenance. 

Disclaimer:  I speak only for myself and not for the University of
California or any of its subsidiary departments or units.  

   Aron Roberts  Tolman Microcomputer Facility     
                 1535 Tolman Hall, University of California
                 Berkeley, CA 94720  (415) 642-2251
                 csaron@garnet.Berkeley.EDU   CSARON@UCBCMSA.BITNET