SunMathematica: the CPU is the computer

[Robert V. Kline]

In article <4220 at kalliope.rice.edu>, Kemp at dockmaster.ncsc.mil (Dave Kemp) writes:
> We just received SunMathematica, and discovered that it is licensed for a
> *single* CPU; you call Sun with the hostid of a machine, they generate a
> password, and the software runs only on that host.
> 
> Now I have the problem of deciding which machine to license it on.  I
> don't want to walk to someone else's office to use it, and I don't want
> people coming in to sit at my desk to use it either.
> 

you're partially correct.  you can remote login to the Sun that has
Mathematica, and use everything but the graphics.  graphics is supplied in
the form of ASCII plots, which gives about the quality you'd get on a dumb
terminal.

depending on what you're doing, of course, this might be adequate.  

another concern is that Sun will no longer support Mathematica.  I called
WRI in an attempt to find out what happens with updates, but never got a
response.

In any event, the licensing arrangement is not Sun's decision, but WRI's.
Sun was only a second source for the software.

	r. kline
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