>I'm quite comfortable with using the same installation software of the >Mac OS on multiple computers that I own. I actually did it with the >release of Panther....the one copy got installed on 3 Macs.
Depending on how you are using the software, this may not even be against the license agreement. Many programs come with an agreement that specifically allows you to install the software on multiple computer provided only one copy is in use at a time. They do this because they expect people will install it on their work computer, laptop, and home computer, and realistically never use it on all 3 machines at the same time. But that doesn't apply to all software, some of it still expects you to purchase a copy for every machine it will be installed on, regardless of if you will never use it on multiples at the same time. >Microsoft (a necessary evil) surprised me when >we installed Office on the 3 Macs.....if I was using Word and my wife >decided to use Entourage, she would get a message that this software >was in use by another user on the network and it would quit. Now, I >think that is just plain wrong. Microsoft expects me to buy a separate >copy of Office for each computer? It isn't unusual for a program to check the network and see if a duplicate of itself is already running, and then refuse to run if it finds such. However, I think it is a little insane that MS checks that no other application within the Office Suite is running. I can't see how one user running Word while another is running Entourage should be considered a problem. Now if it noticed that another user was also running Word, that's a different story. But this is MS, the same company that decided that if you upgrade enough of your PC's hardware, the OS would no longer consider itself active, and you would have to call and explain yourself to MS to get it reactivated (giving them the option to decide that since you installed a better video card, larger hard drive, and faster CDRW drive, you should have to buy a new copy of the OS. And of course the same company that decided that the Windows license that comes with a PC is good for only that PC and only the original owner. If the PC is sold to another person, the copy of Windows is not transfered with it. But you also can't take that same non transferable copy of Windows and install it on your new PC because it is only licensed to go with the PC you just sold.) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
