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Article #149Re: Dynix licensing
From: Richard Perlman
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 1989 01:52
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 1989 01:52
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In article <6006@wolfen.cc.uow.oz> steve@wolfen.cc.uow.oz (Steve Cliffe) writes:
>Can someone please tell me why Sequent persists with the user-limit concept
>
>Pyramid dropped this quite a while ago and our Sun's have no such
>limit...
I was told by Sequent that the user limit is part of the AT&T
license agreement (I have not independantly verified this). We
currently have a 32 user license, we can upgrade to 64 users or
unlimited. I do not know why some other vendors do not use such
a limit, but here is one possible way they could avoid it:
Simply include a license sized appropiately to the
machines maximum capacity. A large system like a Pyramid
might simply charge you for the max license on purchase.
A small system like the SUN 386i may include a license
that it would be impractical to exceed based on system
load/power.
If you want more users on your Sequent, just buy a license for
more users!
I'd rather pay for what I need and know what I got.
--
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken!ames!pacbell!pbseps!perl From: perl@pbseps.UUCP (Richard Perlman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent Subject: Re: Dynix licensing Keywords: license, user-limits Message-ID: <633@pbseps.UUCP> Date: 1 Oct 89 01:52:53 GMT References: <6006@wolfen.cc.uow.oz> Reply-To: perl@pbseps.PacBell.COM (Richard Perlman) Organization: Pacific Bell Separations, San Francisco, CA Lines: 27