+1! It's not often that Russ and I agree completely, but damn, he's nailed it on the head in this post. Kudos! :-)
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Russ Michaels <[email protected]> wrote: > > yes unfortunately this really makes CF10 even more expensive and not viable > for shared or cloud hosting. > It is really impossible to manage/track this type of licensing. The max > number of instances per cloud was at least manageable with CF9. > > With CF10 we can use max 8 cpu cores per license. (8/4) /2 > So lets say you are a host and you sell 8 x VPS's with 1 core each, that is > 1 license used up. > But now lets say that any of those customers decides to upgrade his VPS and > add an extra CPU, if this is an automated process via a control panel then > you have now exceeded your license and are completely unaware. > In order to keep your licenses valid, you have to do constant manual > auditing to check how many customers are using CF10, how many CPU cores > they are using etc. > > Even if you take hosts out of the equation and just think of personal use, > and your deploying in the cloud, whether it be your own private cloud or > using Amazon, lets say you suddenly have a server which is struggling, so > you add an extra core, would you even think to check your cf licensing > first, I doubt it. > I believe CF10 does phone home now and report licence usage also, so folks > could be getting legal letters form Adobe with no warning or idea why, I > personally know one host who is having a legal battle with Adobe because > they purchased a CF license off ebay and transferred it it to themselves, > but Adobe still say it is invalid and are tryi8ng to force them to buy > another license, so they are clearly monitoring and taking action these > days. > > I do think Adobe need to rethink this licensing model if they want to avoid > losing their existing customers, especially hosts. I know at least half a > dozen CF hosts who are not planning to upgrade to CF10. > Adobe, please go back to 10 instances per license, that was fair and easier > to manage. > Also you are going to record and track license usage, then it would be nice > to at least provide facility to report it to the license holder as well so > that they can be aware if they exceed their license usage and can > do something about it. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:352211 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
