Re: Counting users

["Leif Svalgaard" <leif@xxxxxxxx>]

yes, but some people say the API don't work, or are too
cumbersome to administer, or whatever. the net result is
that not all vendors use these (otherwise Ron wouldn't
have asked). In any case it is easy to obtain a count of
contemporal users, either using the APIs or otherwise.
All I'm suggesting (listening Ron?) is that this be done
rather than counting user profiles, terminals, sessions,
etc.

----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Dow <pcdow@yahoo.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: Counting users


> Hi Leif,
>
> Aren't there api's for counting software licenses? Such that when you start
> an instance of  an application, it adds 1 to the licenses in use, and when
> the application ends, it subtracts one from licenses in use, and compares
> the licenses in use to the number the customer paid for?
>
> Regards,
> Peter Dow
> Dow Software Services, Inc.
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Leif Svalgaard" <leif@leif.org>
> To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 1:32 PM
> Subject: Re: Counting users
>
>
> > From: Larry Bolhuis <lbolhuis@arbsol.com>
> > >   If the per session price were reasonable then I believe you are
> > > correct. It can be fairly argued that each additional session is of
some
> > > value to the user and therefore should be payed for. However at the
> > > price many packages extort for a 'session' it is not an option. It also
> > > could be argued that it's unlikely the user is actively utilzing more
> > > than one session at any given moment. Depends on the definition of
> > > 'utilizing'.
> >
> > ===> I'll adopt a simple operational definition:
> > If any of my application's programs are on your invocation
> > stack, you are using my application. what can be simpler?
> >
> > >
> > > Leif Svalgaard wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I don't get it.
> > > > It would seem to me that a reasonable (and correct?) and
> > > > fair way of doing this is to count the number of simultaneous
> > > > sessions (no matter who the users are and how they are signed
> > > > on and to what) that are USING MY APPLICATION at any time.
> > > > This is very easy to do.
> >
> >
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