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Re: Question
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"Wayne R. Boyer" <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 15 Mar 2002 11:51:48 EST
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In a message dated 3/15/02 6:45:46 AM Pacific Standard Time,
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> Surely we paid upfront for the software and should
> be able to continue using it. If we were going to a bigger machine,
> then, yes, I can see that we would have to pay for the additional
> users but the other way...?
>
>

Ah! Another trap buried inside a software license.  I'm predicting that this
stuff will get far worse if and when we can get MPE/iX to run on some other
hardware somehow in the future.  DOWN-sizing your CPU should not conflict
with your license in a logical world but lawyers write license agreements not
me.

Wayne

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