In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 06/07/2005
at 06:13 PM, Norman Hollander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>If you are specifically talking about CA products, I would call the
>Support Desk and ask for Temporary Keys for the D/R test.
We did; it didn't work.
>'m not a lawyer; but I don't believe that using zVM to fake the
>serial number is a valid license.
IANAL either; that's why I suggested asking the legal staff. However,
if the vendor is in breach of contract then I suspect that a court
would consider the fake CPUID a justifiable remedy. Certainly filing
suit against the Federal Government for exercising such a remedy would
be suicidal even if they won; the publicity alone would destroy their
market.
>LMP keys are usually made available within 24 hours (or less).
The entire DR test was only 25 hours, and the contract specified a
much faster response than that, which CA failed to meet.
>When I worked for large Banks and
>Utilities, the D/R preparation included contacting all of our ISVs
>for the appropriate and valid use of their products for D/R.
BTDTGTS.
>This made for a much smoother D/R test.
In thise case it didn't. :-(
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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