> Paveza, Gary wrote:
>
> Unless I am mistaken, there is a lot of software vendors who
> license their products for a given number of users.  This is
> not unique to HP.  They use that "number in memory" to make
> sure that the license agreement is valid.  You might not agree
> with it, but that's how it is.
>
Gary, if we talking about a software license, fine, but if we
are talking about HARDWARE, that is a different issue.  If I
want to use an HP9000 as a boat anchor OR a 3000 what's the
difference.  As i mentioned previously, software is a different
issue, you buy a license to use software under certain
conditions.  I guess one could sell hardware the same way, but
I have never seen a hardware purchase agreement where HP
stipulated that the buyer agrees to use the hardware only for
certain purposes.

Nick D.