🚀 go-pugleaf

> Putting on my user's hat:
>         Why do they charge me #*$)*)#$ much to run the SAME #&*(#$
>         thing on my 6640 instead of the piddly amount they charge
>         me to run it on my 2000???  It makes no sense!
>
> Putting on my developer's hat:
>         Really if someone uses my product, I'd like to charge them
>         more if it's used more.  I figure on a 6640 they'll get
>         more than two orders of magnitured more transactions in
>         a year than they will on my VAX 11/725.  However, there's
>         no reasonable way to account for how many transactions
>         they really will do.  Plus, if the number turned out small,
>         they might cancel... so...
>
>         *blink*
>
>         Idea!  We'll charge by CPU size, regardless of how much
>         they really run the product!
>
> Answer: Your particular license covers the machine you run the software
>         on, NOT the possible configuration your machine COULD have if
>         you (effectively) disable a CPU or two or three.  Thusly, you
>         buy licenses based on the hardware.

For many kinds of applications I will consider a license fee based on
the maximum number of concurrent users much more "fair", than a license
based on the machine size.

                                                          Arne

Arne Vajhxj                             local DECNET:  KO::ARNE
Computer Department                     PSI:           PSI%23831001304030::ARNE
Business School of Southern Denmark     Internet:      ARNE@KO.HHS.DK