Re: Running 2 two WebCatalog.acgi's
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1996
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 10080
interpreted = N
texte = At 5:58 AM on 8/21/96, Johann Weber wrote:> Greetings! > > I think that the license restriction of not being able to run more that > one copy of WebCatalog on a single machine really sucks. With such a > heavy ticket price it is often impossible to obtain a second copy. Why > even Starnine is smart enough to recognize that with a high priced > product they ought to allow users to run more that one copy on a single > computer! > > Allowing the possibility of running more that one WebSTAR server on one > CPU is IMHO one of the best marketing decisions Starnine ever made. I > love them for it. Such decisions tend to reflect that the company is > interested not only in the success of their product but also in the > success of their product's users. It shows them to be a company not > driven by their pocketbooks but by a genuine desire to improve the life > of Macintosh Webmaster. They know full well, that not everyone is made > of money. > > I was beginning to enjoy WebCatalog tremendously until I discovered that > running two copies on one CPU was out of the question. Before I > purchased my WebCommerce Lite solution I asked if it would be possible > to serve both a secure and unsecure version of our catalog. The answer > given to me was yes. Now apparently, it appears that this is not true. > Am I missing something? > >Johann,The procedure for running secure and non-secure versions of a database have nothing to do with running multiple copies of WebCat off of one license. Just setup your links to the cashier page as needed for the two servers.Bob ----------------------------Robert J. Beaton, Ph.D., CPE Director, Displays and Controls Laboratory Human Factors Engineering Center, 549 Whittemore Hall Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0118 USAWORK 540.231.8748 * FAX 540.231.3322 * EMAIL bobb@vt.edu HOME 540.953.3100 * FAX 540.953.3104 * EMAIL keyengine@aol.com OFFICE http://bobb.dcl.vt.edu * LAB http://www.dcl.vt.edu
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At 5:58 AM on 8/21/96, Johann Weber wrote:> Greetings! > > I think that the license restriction of not being able to run more that > one copy of WebCatalog on a single machine really sucks. With such a > heavy ticket price it is often impossible to obtain a second copy. Why > even Starnine is smart enough to recognize that with a high priced > product they ought to allow users to run more that one copy on a single > computer! > > Allowing the possibility of running more that one WebSTAR server on one > CPU is IMHO one of the best marketing decisions Starnine ever made. I > love them for it. Such decisions tend to reflect that the company is > interested not only in the success of their product but also in the > success of their product's users. It shows them to be a company not > driven by their pocketbooks but by a genuine desire to improve the life > of Macintosh Webmaster. They know full well, that not everyone is made > of money. > > I was beginning to enjoy WebCatalog tremendously until I discovered that > running two copies on one CPU was out of the question. Before I > purchased my WebCommerce Lite solution I asked if it would be possible > to serve both a secure and unsecure version of our catalog. The answer > given to me was yes. Now apparently, it appears that this is not true. > Am I missing something? > >Johann,The procedure for running secure and non-secure versions of a database have nothing to do with running multiple copies of WebCat off of one license. Just setup your links to the cashier page as needed for the two servers.Bob ----------------------------Robert J. Beaton, Ph.D., CPE Director, Displays and Controls Laboratory Human Factors Engineering Center, 549 Whittemore Hall Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0118 USAWORK 540.231.8748 * FAX 540.231.3322 * EMAIL bobb@vt.edu HOME 540.953.3100 * FAX 540.953.3104 * EMAIL keyengine@aol.com OFFICE http://bobb.dcl.vt.edu * LAB http://www.dcl.vt.edu
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