hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu (Herb Poppe) (09/14/90)
I am having difficulty trying to obtain an educational site license for
MacX (for the MacOS). I was told by Apple Software Licensing that the MacX
product manager had decided that licensing would be handled by dealers and
not ASL. I was told that I would also have to buy a single copy of the
software as the site license did not include media or manuals. (By the
way, she used the term "right to copy"; not "site license"). I was given
the following product numbers:
M0108LL/A MacX
M0747LL/A Site License
One dealer (Falcon Microsystems) says, however, that M0747 is the site
license for "X Window System for A/UX" (which, I understand, includes
"MacX for A/UX"). My Apple Federal Account Exec says that there is no site
license for MacX.
1) If, in fact, there is a site license for MacX (for the MacOS), what is
its:
a) product number?
b) price? (we are a university consortia funded by the Nat. Science
Foundation)
c) do I still have to buy the single copy (M0108) or is media and
manuals included?
2) If there is no site license for MacX alone, do I buy the site license
for "X Window System for A/UX" (M0747) instead? Then must I buy "X Window
System for A/UX" (M0411LL/A) to get media/manuals (and hope that "MacX for
A/UX" will run with the MacOS), or do I buy "MacX for the MacOS" (M0108).
I would appreciate hearing from someone who has obtained an educational
site license for MacX.
Herb Poppe hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu
NCAR (303) 497-1296
1850 Table Mesa Dr.
Boulder, CO 80307-3000MCMAHON@GRIN1.BITNET ("McMahon,Brian D") (09/16/90)
Herb Poppe <ncar.ucar.edu!hpoppe@HANDIES.UCAR.EDU> writes: >I am having difficulty trying to obtain an educational site license for >MacX (for the MacOS). I was told by Apple Software Licensing that the MacX >product manager had decided that licensing would be handled by dealers and >not ASL. I was told that I would also have to buy a single copy of the >software as the site license did not include media or manuals. (By the >way, she used the term "right to copy"; not "site license"). [ Trimmed ] I've experienced similar frustrations trying to get info on distributing the AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol (ADSP) on campus. With the number of educational institutions running Macs, often in heavily networked environments, it astounds me that there is no coherent and uniform policy on licensing the very products that these places need. Fortunately, it turns out we're not going to need ADSP campus-wide, so we're OK *this* time. But our networking needs are growing and changing rapidly. I'm concerned that we'll get little help from Cupertino. On another topic, I was told that APDA has dropped the _AppleTalk for VMS Documentation Suite v. 2.0_ (order no. C0009LL/A, price US$40.00) from their inventory. #@*&! Does anyone know where the Hell it went? I was hoping to use those docs to answer a few questions here. I suppose I could always hope Alisa's documentation improves, i.e. for a bloody miracle. (Anyone producing a two-volume set of technical docs with NO INDEXES WHATSOEVER should be shot on national TV as an example to the others!) (The above does not represent official GCCS policy. :-) ) "Support? What's that?" (The above DOES appear to reflect the policy of Apple :-( ) Brian McMahon <MCMAHON@GRIN1.BITNET> | VAX Kludgemeister, Macintosh Medic, Grinnell College Computer Services | Human Help Key, various and sundry Grinnell, Iowa 50112 USA | stats packages. Please allow two Voice: +1 515 269 4901 | to four weeks for miracles. Fax: +1 515 269 4936 Grinnell College: "Oh, you mean Cornell? How are things in Ithaca?" Iowa: "Oh yes, that's where they grow potatoes, right?"