Patrick is absolutely right.
It's way too early to make a determination on what the price elasticity curve
would look like on the Emulated 'MPE platform'.
From a tools vendor perspective I would appreciate Gavin's (and/or SRI's)
efforts to preserve both HPSUSAN and HPCPUNAME variables. Others, which probably
include a majority of the vertical application providers, would continue to
maintain User-based licensing schemes.
Considering Gavin’s “It's kind of an all-or-nothing deal. If you can run
anything then you can probably run everything.” remark, to a vendor would also
suggest that their licensing/piracy prevention scheme would work properly.
Would it be a show-stopper for third-party software players (if not implemented)
- it's hard to predict.
Waiting to hear from HP on all important DETAILS of the announcement,
Simon Tsalyuk (I am a vendor, but not of the TV fame yet)
OmniSolutions, Inc.
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Patrick Santucci wrote:

> Jonathan M. Backus wrote:
>
> >         If I'm not mistaken Wirt is the only software vendor (utility
> > or application) that has responded to the issue of HPCPUNAME and
> > HPSUSAN and he's making moves that eliminate his concerns.  Does this
> > mean that none of the other vendors care about the presence of these
> > variables or not? Perhaps the emulator vendor(s) don't even need to
> > care about this aspect then.
>
> I wouldn't bet on it. Try cross-posting the question to HP3000-L or
> SigSoftVend and you'll likely see more reaction from vendors. My guess is
> HPSUSAN going to be important if only from the standpoint of preventing
> piracy, even if they should somehow all agree not to use tier-based pricing
> ala HPCPUNAME. But I think it's probably way too early for most to know that
> what pricing strategy they may use.
>
> Patrick
> (I'm not a vendor, and I don't play one on TV.)
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> Patrick Santucci
> HP e3000 Systems Administrator
> Computer Operations Team Lead
> Cornerstone Brands, Inc.