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- From: Arne Vajhxj <ARNE@kopc.hhs.dk>
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.internals
- Subject: Re: How to force a process into one CPU on a 6640?
- Message-ID: <01GU1S2HRJF68WW7RU@kopc.hhs.dk>
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 10:43:06 +0100
- Organization: Macro32<==>Vmsnet.Internals Gateway
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- > Putting on my user's hat:
- > Why do they charge me #*$)*)#$ much to run the SAME #&*(#$
- > thing on my 6640 instead of the piddly amount they charge
- > me to run it on my 2000??? It makes no sense!
- >
- > Putting on my developer's hat:
- > Really if someone uses my product, I'd like to charge them
- > more if it's used more. I figure on a 6640 they'll get
- > more than two orders of magnitured more transactions in
- > a year than they will on my VAX 11/725. However, there's
- > no reasonable way to account for how many transactions
- > they really will do. Plus, if the number turned out small,
- > they might cancel... so...
- >
- > *blink*
- >
- > Idea! We'll charge by CPU size, regardless of how much
- > they really run the product!
- >
- > Answer: Your particular license covers the machine you run the software
- > on, NOT the possible configuration your machine COULD have if
- > you (effectively) disable a CPU or two or three. Thusly, you
- > buy licenses based on the hardware.
-
- For many kinds of applications I will consider a license fee based on
- the maximum number of concurrent users much more "fair", than a license
- based on the machine size.
-
- Arne
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- Arne Vajhxj local DECNET: KO::ARNE
- Computer Department PSI: PSI%23831001304030::ARNE
- Business School of Southern Denmark Internet: ARNE@KO.HHS.DK
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