On Wed, 18 Nov 1998 12:53:58 -0500, Lee Gunter <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>I am generally against tier-based software pricing, in principle; however,
>I have seen more support work required of some of our ISV's caused by the
>problems apparently unique to running on multi-processor systems vs.
>single-CPU machines.  This is merely an observation -- not a justification
>in and of itself for tiered pricing schemes..
>

Without any more specifics, I would say multi-processor problems are a
result of problems at the OS level, not the application level. No sane
application (unless it's a hardware monitoring tool, for instance)
should care whether the system has one or more CPU's, or if it
switches CPU's mid-process. If your payroll application (for instance)
*is* sensitive to that, then I would say the application is poorly
written, and you have created your own support headaches for which the
users shouldn't have to pay.

So I would think that multi-CPU support would in *no way* justify
extra cost. Again, it's the OS programmers who have to worry about
such things.

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