[duxuser] Re: program used on laptop and desktop computers
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 23:56:01 +0100
Hi Daniel,
A single-user license, be it for DBT, or any other software
these days, is very often limited to no more than two or
three systems. Indeed some products such as Windows XP, are
very strictly limited to one machine.
DBT is no exception is restricting the number of
installations. However, in very exceptional circumstances
the rules can be flexed. That is for the individual to put
their case forward to Duxbury.
In a situation such as yours, using today's Windows, one
would most likely have a small home network system. You
would install DBT on one system. The other systems would
then be set up to run DBT from the master machine. However,
only one machine at a time could run DBT at any one time.
I have seen schools, for example, where they have had a
single user DBT installed on 5 or 6 PCs, all being used at
the same time. Their argument being that they only have one
embosser, so only need one license to drive one embosser.
Sadly, illegal use of software has cost developers billions
of dollars of lost revenue, and so the software industry of
today has been forced to take steps to stop this. After
all, if they cannot generate a revenue, they cannot pay
their programmers to developed and enhance products.
George.
-----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Daniel
Vejil
Sent: 03 May 2005 07:04
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: program used on laptop and desktop
computers
Just Curious, I am. Does Duxbury only allow for a certain
number of installations for each licence purchased, or are
there an unlimited number of installations, with the
Internet keeping track of how many user installations are
being performed under a single user licence?
Around my house, I have two desk-tops and two lap-tops that
could run DBT, and at work, I could put it on another
desk-top. Since I have never purchased anything after DOS
went the way of the Dodo, I can install DBT for DOS on as
many machines as I need Too, provided that I only use it on
one machine at a time. Is the Windows DBT a bit more
restricted?
Daniel Vejil
At 09:38 PM 5/2/05 -0400, you wrote:
>I have a desktop computer and just got a laptop donated for
when I travel.
>I have a license and have 10.5 on my desktop computer. Now
I want to
>also have the program on my laptop. I don't understand the
deactivate
>information. I want to use the program on both my
computers. To further
>complicate things. The donated laptop is windows 98 and I
have xp on
>the desktop computer. I tried to load the program on the
laptop but it
>would only let me load 10.3. I then downloaded the 10.5
from the web
>with my license number but then it said something about
deactivating
>and I got lost in what to do.
>
>This may not be an issue for this forum but perhaps others
have this
>problem too.
>
>Barb
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