scott@capone.gatech.edu (Scott Holt) (03/15/89)
Several months ago we began using FrameMaker publishing software on our Suns on campus. One of the primary considerations for obtaining Frame over InterLeaf was its support of a networked floating license server. The floating license server approach allows us to provide software to a large number of machines while keeping the cost at a reasonable level...buying enough single copies of Frame to service all our possible users would have been too expensive. As part of my job is software evaluation, I would like to hear about any other packages which implement a networked licensing scheme similar to Frame's. I am especially interested in those products which work in a heterogeneous environment as that is what we are growing here. If you are an applications software vendor whose product uses a license server approach to network licensing, I would appreciate hearing from you. Also, if anyone in net land knows of papers on the topic of Network Licensing, I would appreciate hearing about them. I understand that Apollo has done a bit of work in this area. Thanks in advance... Scott Holt, Systems Analyst Internet: scott@prism.gatech.edu Georgia Tech BITNET: CCUSESH@GITNVE2 Office of Computing Services Atlanta, Ga 30332-0275
robert@weitek.UUCP (Robert Plamondon) (03/16/89)
Interleaf has just come out with a floating license server, too.
We don't have any specific information on it yet, though.
-- Robert
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