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This has been asked before (and answered) but I am going to ask it again
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stuartw
over 8 years ago
When are we going to get real time licensing so that we can properly manage our licences and stop the unfair and harsh issued of invoices for very minimal licence over usage?
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Joshua Kulp
Wed, Mar 16 2016 11:38 AM
SELECTserver has been intentionally designed to stress fault-tolerance and access to products in response to years of feedback from frustrated users who could not license their products for various technical reasons ranging from Internet connectivity issues to checked out licenses that failed to return. Consequently, over the last few years, SELECTserver has become a tool for reporting usage and is not intended to be an enforcement mechanism for the reasons just described.
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bostr
Wed, Mar 16 2016 12:15 PM
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Joshua Kulp
Hi Joshua. What is "stress fault-tolerance"?
"Years of feedback from frustrated users":
communities.bentley.com/.../267174
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Joshua Kulp
Wed, Mar 16 2016 2:18 PM
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The "...designed to stress fault-tolerance and access to products..." line is to indicate we are making fault-tolerance and access to the products they need a priority for SELECTserver users.
The link you provided seemed to be a discussion of licensing practices and is one example of feedback we've received.
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MikeH
Wed, Mar 16 2016 7:54 PM
I agree 100%. The response below from Joshua is almost as laughable as the usage 'hour' limitations. Selectserver is very much a tool used to reporting overage and charge unwitting consumers.
So end users complaining that they dont have rights to software (most likely because the owner could only afford xxxx number of licenses and wants to be able to efficiently control software costs) have now driven Bentley to allow anyone with access to unwittingly access the software!! Pardon me, but that is just plain wrong on so many levels.
All we want is a way to control usage, plain and simple! You know....like every other software out there.
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