RE: IDS license count per user or per session?

John Keefer wrote > The question has been asked before here on c.d.i., but it's elicited > conflicting answers. Some have said the license count is per session, > unless there's a Web server, transaction monitor, or similar > gadget that > multplexes user connections; in which case the count is per user. > > Others have said the license count is per user. I read > several posts circa > 1995 stating that the count is per user, with up to five > sessions allowed > per user. > > Our reseller has always said it's per user. One of my > coworkers called IBM > the other day and was told the count is per session. But if > that's the > case, we could theoretically recode our apps for a Web > interface and run > Workgroup Edition; and that can't be right. Anyone know > where to find an > authoritative answer? > I think in the old days Informix was flexible and realistic. We were certainly licensed by the number of users. Licensing by session is difficult if your users are on shifts. IBM will do what they want. They seem to be moving to licensing on a CPU basis. Colin Bull c.bull@videonetworks.com sending to informix-list