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From: jim@tiamat.fsc.com (Jim O'Connor)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: SCO TCP/IP copy protection
Message-ID: <789@tiamat.fsc.com>
Date: 4 Feb 91 16:54:54 GMT
References: <9101221000.AA21610@aprm> <670009@gore.com> <1991Jan29.232326.4284@anomaly.SBS.COM>
Organization: Ahlstrom Filtration - Chattanooga,TN
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In article <1991Jan29.232326.4284@anomaly.SBS.COM>, mpd@anomaly.SBS.COM (Michael P. Deignan) writes:
> jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore) writes:
> 
> >Which is still a pain in the neck for the legitimate user: if you have a
> >hundred machines, you need to keep a hundred sets of floppies for the times
> >when the software on one of the machines needs to restored, and then you
> >need to find the right set of floppies.
> 
> Only one set of floppies, with multiple serialization numbers and 
> activation keys, would be necessary.

Since this is true, I know I would be a whole lot happier with SCO if they
would sell TCP/IP licenses, i.e. a piece of paper with an additional serial
number/activation key combination.  My job as a sysadmin would be much easier
if I could buy one full product, including documentation and media, and then
buy X additional licenses (hopefully, at a somewhat reduced price, since there
is no media or docs involved) to use when installing on machines 2 to X.

The same would be true of the ODT packages (which falls under the same topic
since the TCP/IP is bundled in).  Can you imagine proposing a
site with 100 ODT workstations, and have to figure out what to do with 4400
floppy disks?
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James B. O'Connor			jim@tiamat.fsc.com
Ahlstrom Filtration, Inc.		615/821-4022 x. 651