Another possible WAG (if OpenMPE ends up partially or completely funding a
community defined and/or endorsed emulator) would be for initial membership
to be some dollar figure, effectively cover the MPE license (yes, I know
that money has to go directly to HP by the end user), emulator license,
perhaps a subscription of the NewsWire, and whatever (possibly access to
patches and your support of some sort).  Then the membership renewal would
drop, since the licensing fees would only be a one time expense.

        Naturally this sort of model assume that a membership is tide to a single
instance of MPE.  Multiple instances of MPE would mean multiple memberships
and multiple votes on SIB and other member issues.

Just a thought,
        Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: OpenMPE Support Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
Gavin Scott
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 1:01 PM
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Subject: Re: [OPENMPE] MPE/iX Licensing and Distribution for an Emulated
Environment


Christian writes:
> The floated $500 figure refers to the RTU for MPE/iX only. I
> have no clue what a RTU for the PA-RISC emulator would be. This latter
> amount would of course go to the emulator company. The question could be
> validly answered by the emulator companies.

As a WAG, let's guess for the moment that an emulator license costs $4500,
making the total software cost for an emulator plus an MPE license $5000.

G.