>I don't see it as being a big deal either. When a customer licenses a product, 
>they are given a key. A year later (or shortly before the license 
expires), the customer receives an invoice. If they pay the invoice, they 
get a new key.

Really? Most of the time the customer has to discover the key is expired!

>The customer replaces the old key with the new key (e.g. enters it in a flat 
>file or ISPF table or whatever). Nothing needs to be to 
>compiled/linked/refreshed/IPL'd (etc). It just takes a couple of minutes to 
>enter the new key, and the customer is good to go for another year

WRONGO! We have to compile/linked/refresh all of our keys!


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