Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!enea!Urd!newsuser
From: newsuser@LTH.Se (Lund Institute of Technology news server)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: What's the best NETWORK?
Message-ID: <1988May13.152141.1988@LTH.Se>
Date: 15 May 88 00:23:57 GMT
References: <1814@uhccux.UUCP> <1815@uhccux.UUCP> <2229@polyslo.UUCP> <1072@aucs.UUCP> <2293@polyslo.UUCP>
Reply-To: roland@DNA.LTH.Se (Roland Mansson)
Organization: Computer Science, Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden
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In article <2293@polyslo.UUCP> dorourke@polyslo.UUCP (David O'Rourke) writes:
>In article <1072@aucs.UUCP> paul@aucs.UUCP (Paul Steele) writes:
>>Does the current Appleshare allow a single copy of a program to be used
>>simulataneously by any number of users?
>
>  It depends on the software.  But most programs work fine over the network
>with more than one user.  Notiable exceptions are MacWrite 4.5 & 4.6, MS Word
>1.05, and Excel 1.04 {Haven't tried 1.06 yet}

Technical note:
  If the volume is locked, the application's shared bit is set and the
  application does not create any temporary files in the directory in
  which it resides, then I can not see any reasons for multi-launch
  not to work.

Legal note:
  Technically possible does not mean legally ok. Check your license(s).

>David M. O'Rourke


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