Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!snorkelwacker!apple!oliveb!amdahl!drivax!braun From: braun@drivax.UUCP (Kral) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: License Management Facility (LMF) Message-ID: Date: 13 Apr 90 20:20:01 GMT References: <10142@shlump.nac.dec.com> <00934FDA.44D76CA0@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU> Organization: Digital Research, Inc. Lines: 21 In article <00934FDA.44D76CA0@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU> sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney) writes: > >Any other UNIX operating system (Sun OS, Berkie, AT&T, AIX) doesn't do this >LMF stuff. Do they? Nope. Only Digital. > >It shows a lack of fundmental trust at some level. From a user perspective, I don't mind LMF. Here's why: Clustering technology makes it real easy for sites to breach their CPU licenses. No copy necessary, you just execute from shared disks on multiple CPUs, all for a single CPU price. If your vendor finds out, you suddenly owe them (potentially) a lot of money. And it's real easy to accidentally get setup this way. Other programs may prevent this by checking CPU serial IDs. Do you consider this a " lack of fundmental [sic] trust at some level"? -- kral 408/647-6112 ...amdahl!drivax!braun The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny ..." -- Isaac Asimov