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Re: Windows XP problems and 400 HASP key reasons [message #28676]

Mon, 07 January 2002 10:17

John McLeod
Messages: 5
Registered: January 2002

Junior Member

IDL has informed us that "...We do offer home-use licenses that would allow
your
colleagues to work from home as needed while maintaining the work
licenses...." but we haven't explored this
further.

John McLeod

"Andrew & Jo Cool" <cooladjc@chariot.net.au> wrote in message
news:3C380BD7.85D0BF00@chariot.net.au...
>
>
> Rick Towler wrote:
>>
>> That is the question.
>>
>> We too will be inconvenienced by this change of policy, as will many
>> traveling IDL folk who have up until now enjoyed the freedom to carry
their
>> dongle.
>>
>> I wish RSI would at least publish their reasoning behind this and offer
an
>> alternative solution. I don't mind requesting a temporary key on
occasion
>> but do they really want to issue me 50 keys good for each Saturday and
>> Sunday of the year so if I decide to work at home on a weekend I can?
>>
>> -Rick
>>
>
> One reason given to me by an RSI source was that HASP keys cost RSI
> USD$200 each.
> By disposing of HASP keys, the price of PC licences fell by USD$200.
> That's 200 good
> reasons, methinks! Actually 400 good reasons here in Australia...
>
> And I must go on record to say that RSI is bending over backwards to
> provide
> solutions to licence issues at my place of employment since the
> withdrawal of most
> of our HASP keys in favour of licences keyed to Ethernet card addresses
> or PC HD Disk
> Serial Numbers or keyed to particular Servers. And it's not every day I
> hand RSI a
> freebie compliment - ask 'em ;-)
>
> Andrew Cool
> DSTO Edinburgh, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
>
> andrew.cool@dsto.defence.gov.au

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		Re: Windows XP problems and 400 HASP key reasons By: John McLeod on Mon, 07 January 2002 10:17
		Re: Windows XP problems and 400 HASP key reasons By: R.Bauer on Mon, 07 January 2002 07:38
		Re: Windows XP problems and 400 HASP key reasons By: Francis Burton on Mon, 07 January 2002 04:47
		Re: Windows XP problems and 400 HASP key reasons By: rmw092001 on Sun, 06 January 2002 18:37
		Re: Windows XP problems and 400 HASP key reasons By: bgeer on Sun, 06 January 2002 10:13

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