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At 25 FEB 2001 10:46:33PM Mike O'Neal wrote:

AREV Specific

Hello all:

I have a client on a Novell 5 LAN who wants to have all applications run locally with data only stored on the LAN. With an AREV 3.12 application, I know I could install run-times on each work station and just ATTACH over to the server… but… wouldn't each copy of AREV also need its own LAN Pack? What about the NLM? (or actually, the NPP that comes with the NLM?)

Thanks much for any input,

Mike O.

At 26 FEB 2001 02:13AM [url=http://www.sprezzatura.com]The Sprezzatura Group[/url] wrote:

Why not run a single AREV.EXE on the server, bumped for as many user licences as required? Why would the client allow the data on the server, but not AREV.EXE? On the server you'll need the LH NLM.

Occam's Razor, (loosely translated) states:-

"Entities should not multiplied, except by necessity."

Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem

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At 26 FEB 2001 09:03AM Mike O'Neal wrote:

]Why not run a single AREV.EXE on the server, bumped for as many user ]licences as required? Why would the client allow the data on the ]server, but not AREV.EXE? On the server you'll need the LH NLM.

I have no idea why they insist on this type of configuration! My contact there doesn't know why either, that is just the way it is…

When they look at the cost of run times + LAN Packs on each workstation as opposed to placing everything on the server, I'm guessing they'll come around though.

Thanks,

Mike

At 26 FEB 2001 09:20AM [url=http://www.sprezzatura.com" onMouseOver=window.status=Click here to visit our web site?';return(true)]The Sprezzatura Group[/url] wrote:

It sounds as though your client is trying to maximise speed by not transferring binaries across the network. As long as the copy of AREV that is used locally is bumped to the appropriate amount of users, RevSoft have not historically had a problem with this - in other words, take the one exe, bump to 5 and copy to 5 workstations. This situation does not however appear to be explicitly addressed by the license - rather the license states that you should have bumped to as many users as are required.

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At 26 FEB 2001 10:50AM Mike O'Neal wrote:

]It sounds as though your client is trying to maximise speed by not ]transferring binaries across the network. As long as the copy of ]AREV that is used locally is bumped to the appropriate amount of ]users, RevSoft have not historically had a problem with this - in ]other words, take the one exe, bump to 5 and copy to 5 workstations. ]This situation does not however appear to be explicitly addressed by ]the license - rather the license states that you should have bumped ]to as many users as are required.

Thanks for the suggestion. Can someone from WinWin please comment? I would have thought that the above scenario *would* be a license violation… but perhaps not?

Mike

At 26 FEB 2001 11:39AM [url=http://www.sprezzatura.com" onMouseOver=window.status=Click here to visit our web site?';return(true)]The Sprezzatura Group[/url] wrote:

Well in this posting a member of RevTI staff seems to suggest something similar. It seems unlikely that they would actually suggest violating the license .

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