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From: dmt@hocsl.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.apple
Subject: Re: SW licensing -- local networks
Message-ID: <116@hocsl.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 21-Apr-84 09:35:45 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr 21 09:35:45 1984
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Organization: AT&T Information Systems Labs, Holmdel NJ
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It is a fact that many successful software firms already have
faced the problem of multi-user software. Several of which I'm
aware have sliding scales, along the lines of:
	1 user		$x
	2-4 users	$2x
	4-16 users	$3x
	16-100 users	$8x
etc. (Number are examples only -- I dont remember any company's
exact pricing.)
The need arises from time-sharing systems, but I don't see any
fundamental difference from the networked software example. The
big problem is counting "users".
In particular, how do you restrict users on the system who won't
want to use the application (therefore you don't want to count
them) so that they CAN'T use the application. This is a question
that the software vendors consider important, and
that will become more important as time passes.
				Dave Tutelman
				AT&T IS - Holmdel