Ryan,
Let's talk one flat fee regardless of the number of users, at least for the
MPE license. That may be a different thing when it comes to the emulator
itself, but we can have that dialog shortly :) For now, lets focus on the
MPE costs only.
Thanx,
Jon
-----Original Message-----
From: Riley Suit [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 10:35 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: RE: MPE Licensing
Do we expect the new licenses to still be based on number of users?
-----Original Message-----
From: OpenMPE Support Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Jonathan M. Backus
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 8:21 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: MPE Licensing
In the spirit of moving this topic along, let's have a
hypothetical discussion. HP already said at HPWorld that they would
allow for the creation of new MPE licenses and there is already a
process in place for the transferring of existing licenses. Let's
assume for the sake of discussion that there WILL be a fee for MPE
license creation and transfer.
What I believe to be the most critical part is the cost for
these two items. I believe this will determine the viability for the
emulator companies to move forward. So, what is a reasonable cost,
recognizing that this would be a "one time" cost? Let's have some
discussion about what we, the community, consider to be reasonable cost
(given that $0 is not an
option) to purchase a new MPE license to run on what ever the purchaser
chooses to run it on. Also, what is a reasonable cost to transfer an
existing MPE license from HP e3000 hardware to what ever the purchaser
chooses to run it on. Naturally, cheaper is better, but let's be
realistic in the discussion. For example, is $500 for a new license and
$200 for a transfer acceptable? What about $1000 (new) and $500
(transfer)?
Thanx,
Jonathan (Jon) M. Backus, MPE-CSM ~ Chairman
OpenMPE ~ 15 Catawba Place ~ Hagerstown, MD ~ 21742-6515
Email: [log in to unmask] ~ AIM: JMBackus
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