Application sharing

[Kooldino]

My buddy has a SINGLE license for a SINGLE application. He needs 5 computer to be able to run 5 instances of this application simultaneously. It runs on Windows. How can this be done?

[Tjalfe]

buy 4 more licences?

[Kooldino]

Har har har. @ $1500 per license, it's not a valid option for him at this time.

[Wombat]

Then he doesn't really need it.

[Sasq]

Then he doesn't really need it.

that about covers it.
Murc isn't the place for trying to get answers to that question either.

[Kooldino]

There's no way to set up some kind of application server or something?

[Kooldino]

that about covers it.
Murc isn't the place for trying to get answers to that question either.

Whoa whoa whoa. Everyone relax. He's not looking to go some illegal route here - you're misinterpreting what I meant.

He only wants to INSTALL his one license one one machine. But he needs 5 computers to be able to access this program.

FOR EXAMPLE:

In a Linux environment, 5 users could VNC into one server machine, and each have their own desktop. They could each run their own instance of any program they wanted.

[Sasq]

terminal services?

[Delany]

Whoa whoa whoa. Everyone relax. He's not looking to go some illegal route here - you're misinterpreting what I meant.

He only wants to INSTALL his one license one one machine. But he needs 5 computers to be able to access this program.

FOR EXAMPLE:

In a Linux environment, 5 users could VNC into one server machine, and each have their own desktop. They could each run their own instance of any program they wanted.

Depending on the wording of the licencing arrangement etc, even this idea may not be legal.

That being said, I can only think of the same thing as Sasq....Terminal Services perhaps...

[Kooldino]

If it did turn out to be legal, what would I need in order to run terminal services to the point where each login would have their own desktop, etc, and everything was independent of anyone else who was also logged in at the same time?

[Belwarrior]

terminal services?

not sure of this .. cant test this idea now.. but this used to work with MS Office Programs.

If all the networked PCs are on the same workgroup, just mapped the Server's partition to a drive in the client PC (map network drive) then just make a link to the program you want to run and make sure the startup and working folders are correct.

If there are no misc files installed all over the windows folders, there should be no problem running the program from any of the client PCs

[schmosef]

I can virtually guarantee for you that what you're trying to accomplish is illegal if you expect more than one of those PCs you be using the app at the same time.

I agree with Wombat... and Sasq.

[schmosef]

not sure of this .. cant test this idea now.. but this used to work with MS Office Programs.

If all the networked PCs are on the same workgroup, just mapped the Server's partition to a drive in the client PC (map network drive) then just make a link to the program you want to run and make sure the startup and working folders are correct.

If there are no misc files installed all over the windows folders, there should be no problem running the program from any of the client PCs

I had a customer do this for Office 97 and Office 2000.

But they still bought separate licenses for each computer running Office.