[geeks] Re: Windows XP?

Kurt Huhn kurt at k-huhn.com
Sun Feb 9 08:13:16 CST 2003


Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> I've seen products that query the local network looking for other
> machines using the same license key (they communicate over a private
> port and play "you show me yours, I'll show you mine") - when two
> copies of the same license were found, one would be disabled... That
> didn't bother me too much...
> 

That is a practice I actually agree with.  We have a Mathematica (sp?)
license server at the office that checks licenses to make sure we're in
compliance.  We have a set number of licenses, and all it's doing is
making sure we don't go over those.  However, it won't arbitrarily shut
down and invalidate an existing license for some reason.

-- 
Kurt              "My name is James Connolly, I didn't come here to die,
kurt at k-huhn.com    but to fight for the rights of the working man..."
                                                      -- Black 47 


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