Decnet and the Powerhouse Licence Server

[Kevin Gordon]

Chris Sharman wrote:

>> It would be nice if Cognos could find a less naff solution though: what
is flexlm ? some nasty unix freeware badly ported ? There have got to be
better solutions available, even given the portability requirement. 2
network mailboxes for every licenced user is a bit gross, especially when
they're virtually all on the local machine. When we did use DECnet we
couldn't see our other links for the noise of Cognos licencing. What did
they use before flexlm ? why did it change ? <<

Quote from the manual: "FLEXlm is the de facto standard network license
manager used by over 1500 leading software vendors to control the use of
their software products. If you are a system administrator or user, chances
are one or more of the products currently on your network is licensed by
FLEXlm."

So there you are, it must be true! Personally I find it an unnecessary
headache and overhead which doesn't even achieve what it sets out to, since
you can happily copy the licence data files from one machine to another and
they still work! If you have only one product that uses FLEXlm licensing you
should be grateful; trying to make it work smoothly with two or more is nigh
on impossible.

Kevin Gordon, Sea Containers, London

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