Other RDBMS are worse, you usually have the choice of named users or server licenses and you don't have the advantage of concurrent licenses. The number of sites who put up something like a phone book list on SQL Server with 10 license as they expected no more than 10 people at a time accessing the database to only find out later that they needed a couple of 100 licenses for every potential user who accesses the system. Worse if you access the database from your desktop and your phone then you require 2 licenses not one. Using RDBMS for Internet facilities requires a Server License of the database to get around this issue of named licenses.
The wording in the licensing for UniVerse did specify that it was a breach of the license to use this type of multiplexed processing to minimise licensing. This is covered with Redback with special licensing and I am not aware of this being made available to other 3rd parties, but I am sure that some arrangement could be made with IBM for other 3rd party products. I do believe in the next releases of UniVerse & UniData that pooling facilities will be made available although I am not sure what this means in licensing terms. Although there is often a level of outrage, remember if U2 does not sell licenses then there will be no U2 products. Just to give some perspective, concurrent licensing can cut the number of licenses purchased as much as 90% (1 concurrent to 10 named licenses). By multiplexing, one is reducing by 90% again by having 10 users use 1 concurrent license. This means that U2 would only achieve 1% of the license sales that you would expect if you had Oracle, SQL Server, etc. Bearing this in mind, if people have a realistic and commercially viable suggestion for a suitable licensing model for these types of applications, then the U2UG can lobby IBM for a change in licensing. Regards David Jordan U2UG Director -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brown, Rick (brownri) Sent: Saturday, 16 April 2005 5:57 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] MvInternet - IBM Licensing Requirement Actually, not allowing connections would be a very stupid move on IBM's part. That would make me move away from any IBM product as quickly as you could say Oracle. I too doubt that that Datatel is violating a license agreement. The number of user license (concurrent) is configurable. A limitation like that would mean that no Unidata data would ever get to the web. ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
