NetWare Licensing
Articles and Tips: qna
01 Jan 2002
Q.
I've been asked several questions about customers moving from NetWare 4.x and NetWare 5.x to NetWare 6, such as: What are the implications of moving from non-MLA server-based licensing to user-based licensing in NetWare 6? What is the best methodology to do this? Is anyone hearing from customers that this is a bad thing?
Lost with Licensing in Lancaster
A.
Dear Lost: The user-based licensing scheme is not a bad thing for most sites. The reason is if you have server-based licensing, you are forced to buy licenses that you don't use and licenses for non-users. With user-based licensing, you are buying what you need no matter how many servers you wish to use.
As for customer response, early indications are that they are happy with what we have done with licensing in NetWare 6. As for methodology. I will leave that question to the Product Managers.
* Originally published in Novell AppNotes
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