I'd very gladly pay $500 to license MPE *RIGHT NOW* even though the box I
want to license IS already licensed - I just don't happen to hold that
license, and the alleged licensee no longer exists.

I'd sure like to see HP get a little less draconian about this; if the
software licenses really exist in any way shape or form, HP should have
access to those (being the licensor) and should thus be able to tell me
"That system is stolen!" or whatever, such as "we sold that box on x/y/z to
abc inc with license to run MPE, Image, etc, for 100 users".  Then if they
want to put my name on it, based on my claim of ownership, amen.

Instead I'm being told, after going thru circular telephone connections and
rigid HP-internal catch-22 procedures, that I have a 600-lb paperweight.

Tracy (thursday rant, sorry, I know hp's reading this) Pierce
415-923-2266

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cecile Chi [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 10:46 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: MPE Licensing (Thanks to Jeff Vance)
>
>
> In a message dated 12/19/02 8:13:23 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << The $500 ballpark for new MPE license (one time cost) is flat-out
>  unacceptable.
>   >>
>
> Oh, I think it's a bargain!
>
> Cecile
>