> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Rob Scott > Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 1:21 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: cpu / machine identification > > Sam > > I would suggest a license key based on company/product name > and date *only*. > > CPUid schemes are such a PITA to administer for both customer > and vendor. > > Using expiration dates and sufficiently load warning messages > (eg WTOs, prompts in the UI) as the expiration date > approaches keeps 99.99% of customers paying the bill on time. > > > Rob Scott
I like what one publisher of epubs has done. I order a book from them. I get a URL to download a PDF. There is no DRM on the PDF. But my name is on the footer of every page. Yes, I know how to erase it, if I really wanted to. For software, I think some sort of header with a "whistleblower" address might be interesting. Nothing like a disgrunted employee to "stick to the company" if they can. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
