> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Dave Salt > Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 10:47 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: License keys for ISV products(What alternatives are there?) > > >From: Ted MacNEIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >1. Vendor delivers key. > >2. Key cannot be installed until the upgrade. > > Why? If the product is designed properly, you should be able to specify > more > than one key. If the first key fails, the product tests the second key > (and > so on) until a working key is found. This allows you to install keys way > ahead of time (e.g. long before cutting over to a new CPUID). SimpList > allows up to 3 keys; a number of other MacKinney products allow up to 6. > > Dave Salt
Even in that scenario, how do you know that the key for the new CPUID will actually work when the CPU is upgraded? There should be some kind of key test mode thing to be sure the key will work on an anticipated CPUID. Jeffrey D. Smith Principal Product Architect Farsight Systems Corporation 700 KEN PRATT BLVD. #204-159 LONGMONT, CO 80501-6452 303-774-9381 direct 303-484-6170 FAX http://www.farsight-systems.com/ see my résumé at my website (yes, I am looking for employment) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
