Ted, if you haven't gotten why the trust model is inadequate from my past posts, and David Cole's, and Dave Salt's, and Russell Witt's, then my explaining it again probably won't do the trick either.
I didn't list the customers' needs because I assumed you customers whom I was addressing would know what your needs were; that was the point of my asking you to design a better approach for me. It's easy to criticize -- how about a solution? I hear a lot of input on how to make keys work well for the customer (plenty of notice, no IPL or re-link, easy 24x7 access to emergency keys, no hard cutoff [don't think I would do that one, but I hear you]) and believe me, I will keep it in mind, but I have not heard anyone propose a better solution than keys. Trust is not the answer, because not all customers (nor all of their employees and contractors) are trustworthy, and even fewer are totally diligent -- and many distributors, sadly, seemed to be intentional crooks. The front door lock analogy is a good one: MOST of my neighbors are trustworthy, too. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 4:00 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: License keys for ISV products(What alternatives are there?) >My needs are >- Expiration date >- Serial number check >- Feature control (that is, it is not all or nothing -- you can be licensed for the product but not for optional feature X) What you need? What about what the customers need? IBM uses the 'trust' model. Why can't you? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
