At 15:12 12/20/1999 -0600, Chuck Ryan wrote:
>We are currently looking at a contract with a recovery service company to
>provide hardware and workspace in the event we lose it all ( no this is not
>Y2K paranoia... just a general disaster recovery plan ).
>
>They will provide a 3000 that matches our current configuration. But, when I
>asked them about the HPSUSAN and HPCPUNAME on the new machine being matched
>to our current system so our 3rd party software would continue to run, their
>reponse was that most 3rd party software has a trial period built in that we
>could use to run on their system.
>
>This seems a bit iffy to me.

Seems a bit iffy to me too.  What I have found is that when you change
CPUs, most third-parties which validate the HPSUSAN and/or HPCPUNAME will
dial in and revalidate their software for the new box.  Even with software
with a "built-in" trial period, the vendor usually has to validate it for
the new box if the software is moved from one box to another.


Tom Brandt                            Northtech Systems, Inc.
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