Much dittoing.... I know there have been some changes in the recent versions of U2 to try to prevent the type of multi-plexing that IBM really had a problem with - the use of (unlicensed) phantoms to service these requests. Current versions require phantoms to use a license if they perform certain functions.
Perhaps this is where the 10 to 1 figure came in. Each U2 user can start 10 phantoms. I know there is/used to be a "4GL" product that ADVERTISED the fact they used phantoms to help eliminate the purchase of DBMS users. I can see the vendors having a problem with that. Hence the recent changes. However, even one of the SVP's at D3 states about the licensing requirements of PDP.net: "The less persistent your connection, the more users you can squeeze in." (note trimmed and does not have full context). I doubt the IBM support staff on the list will reply to any of these. Perhaps the user group can lobby IBM to clarify the types of multi-plexing they would have a problem with. Just my .02 CDN Colin Alfke Calgary, Canada >-----Original Message----- >From: Tony Gravagno > >Until I saw Dean's posting I was also going to just let it go. > The trigger for me was the equating of multi-user license >usage to running multiple copies of software on different >systems. Copying software allows more than one person to >execute different functions at exactly the same time. [snip] >Unless IBM publicly states their position on this topic, takes >a developer to court, or just sends a polite "please rethink >your license consumption" >note to someone, we will not know how liberal they are about >their licensing, regardless of what their license actually >says. My guess is that no DBMS company will take action >unless there is blatent abuse. [snip] >I'd also like to get some real numbers on the table. Some >people say you can get 10 users on a single license. Anyone >who has implemented a multi-user environment knows this isn't >the case because, as stated above, the first user will connect >and you'll have 9 people waiting in line afterward. A real >high performance remote transaction might take about 250ms, >plus or minus depending on network bandwidth, which is still >only 4 transactions per second. [snip] >Tony >Nebula R&D ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
