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by Anonymous User on Tue Nov 15, 2005 at 11:50:06 AM PDT

The program still runs only one copy, and has the same number of users as it would in a single-core machine, it just runs faster. So why should we pay more for the same software on different computers?

This practice has been going on for years with software such as MVS, CICS, & Oracle written (mostly) for enterprise class servers. The more processing power there is, the more you pay - even though only one copy of the software may be running on any given box. And, if you change your box during the license period, you better believe you can't just transfer the license over - you have to start all over again, although maybe with some proration from the old license.

Nevertheless, I do not think the discussed offense by MS and eMachines is equivalent - for small server and desktop machines this practice is ludicrous.


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