Dear Alistair, We are MapInfo dealers in the Scotland and I might be completely wrong but as I understand things with a network install you can do as you wish. I.e. users can connect up to the number of license keys that you have. Alternatively we would have no problem with you installing locally so long as you do not run more copies than you are allowed at any one time. Also with most software it is permissible, for example to have a copy on your desktop and another on the laptop on the basis that you only use one at any time.
We mostly, though, sell single copies of MapInfo so personally I don't have much experience with large installations. Regards Tim Dr Tim Rideout Director Visit us at the International Map Trade Show, 24/25th Feb in the Czech Republic The XYZ Digital Map Company Unit 9 Phase 2 Hardengreen Business Park Dalhousie Road, Dalkeith EH22 3NX, Scotland, Europe Tel: +44 131 454 0426 Fax: +44 131 454 0443 Mobile: +44 7766 825937 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.xyzmaps.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alistair Hart Sent: 29 December 2005 01:48 To: <MapInfo-L Subject: [MI-L] concurrent licensing for MIPro Hi Folks, Has anyone ever heard of a concurrent licensing deal being struck between an organisation and MI before?? As an interim step between adhoc use of MapInfo and a full blown enterprise solution, I'd like to negotiate with MI a concurrent license where we may install MI locally on more machines than we have licenses for, but manage use in such a way that we won't be using anymore than x licenses at any one time. The rationale is that we are a growing user of spatial information, with a core skill group in MapInfo and increasing demand from novice users. Until we reach a point where we can a) justify a sole GIS resource to assist novice users or b) justify an enterprise-wide GIS solution, I'd like to be able to get more use out of our (not very) current 35 licenses (we would rarely have more than 3 users at a time, in a geographically distributed organisation of nearly 70,000 people). If anyone has such an example of concurrent licensing (is this the right phrase??), I'd be very pleased to hear about it... Cheers!! Alistair ***************************************************************** This email, including any attachments sent with it, is confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). This confidentiality is not waived or lost, if you receive it and you are not the intended recipient(s), or if it is transmitted/ received in error. Any unauthorised use, alteration, disclosure, distribution or review of this email is strictly prohibited. The information contained in this email, including any attachment sent with it, may be subject to a statutory duty of confidentiality if it relates to health service matters. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or if you have received this email in error, you are asked to immediately notify the sender by telephone collect on Australia +61 1800 198 175 or by return email. You should also delete this email, and any copies, from your computer system network and destroy any hard copies produced. If not an intended recipient of this email, you must not copy, distribute or take any action(s) that relies on it; any form of disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication of this email is also prohibited. Although Queensland Health takes all reasonable steps to ensure this email does not contain malicious software, Queensland Health does not accept responsibility for the consequences if any person's computer inadvertently suffers any disruption to services, loss of information, harm or is infected with a virus, other malicious computer programme or code that may occur as a consequence of receiving this email. Unless stated otherwise, this email represents only the views of the sender and not the views of the Queensland Government. **************************************************************** _______________________________________________ MapInfo-L mailing list [email protected] http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l _______________________________________________ MapInfo-L mailing list [email protected] http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
