Running programs remotely

[pastro]

Tell me what it does and what they need it for - I'll write them an unlimited licence version of whatever for 5K.

Yeah - but read the small print.

As an ex sysadmin, I've read licence agreements that say the equivalent of 'Under no way, shape or form may this software be accessible over a remote connection blah blah'.

It's a serious issue - if these people are charging 7K per licence, make sure they're not going to get upset if they find out that it's being spread around with a remote connection setup. In the old days before VNC and RDP, licence agreements would say '1 licence, 1 machine' etc. and you could get away with remote connections. Software companies got wise to the possibilities of remote desktops and started building in exclusions as a result.

Just a thought.

Cheers,
Brian

Not being a lawyer, I don't try to interpret license agreements. What is the definition of remote? What is the definition of sex - oh wait that one got cleared up a few years ago.

I think for the time being they are just going to set up a poor man's file server on XP and then either let people sit at that machine and run the software, or hopefully run from their laptop at their desk in the office.

[gazoo]

Yeah, I'd hate to hand this victory over to M$, but RDP is faster than VNC. I still use VNC though for it's universal access appeal.