Re: Detecting CPUs and cores
- From: Twisted <twisted0n3@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:55:12 -0000
On Jul 31, 7:27 pm, Lew <l...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Companies are simply seeking a
reasonable metric of usage volume on which to base pricing, as is their right.
I don't know where you get this from. It makes sense for the electric
company, whose costs grow in proportion to clients' usage. But a
software vendor? The one cost that might grow in proportion to client
usage is support, and charging by the hour or by the incident for
support makes a lot more sense than charging by software usage; for
example a client better able to manage their installations without
outside help is rewarded with lower support costs in the one case but
not the other.
There's also nothing in copyright law to support metering usage in any
way other than "per install". We don't see differential pricing of
books based on usage. Charging extra to use the same software on a
dual-core machine is about as logical per copyright and other laws as
offering books with a 50% discount for one-eyed people. :P
One could argue in favor of various metrics, but they're all negotiable
anyway. Their purpose is merely to give vendor and buyer a common language
for the negotiation, is all. As long as the terms are (intelligibly)
disclosed negotiations can proceed in good faith.
WHAT negotiations? Have you ever actually been able to negotiate EULA
terms with a software vendor instead of just having their one-sided
legalese fun-fest shoved in your face by a popup? I sure haven't.
.
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