Netware 6 Academic User Licenses

[WMCNE]

There has been alot of debate, but I'm trying to find the correct answer on this subject. With Academic user Licenses do you have to purchase the amount of licenses to equal the # of students? Or is it the # of Workstations/nodes? I have been in meetings where people have argued about this for hours as why would you need say 3500 licenses to match students if only say 1000 could login at one time(# of Workstations). I personally wouldn't understand the # of student theory as a high % of the licenses would never be needed and alot of money would be wasted which doesn't bide well with taxpayers.

My second question would be does this change with OES which uses nothing more than Netware 6.5 academic user licenses?

Thank You in advance for any help in this matter.

 

[michigan]

I think there are 2 options. Per institution (workstation) and per student - also if it's K-12 or university level.

According to Novell, here's their options:

http://www.novell.com/customers/education/edsales/purchase.html

I suggest contact a local Novell partner/reseller in your area - or regional Novell rep. They may be able to offer more details for your environment.
Good Luck.

 

[marvhuffaker]

Yeah, the reason you are getting arguments is because both are correct. Actually, with Academic, I think you still buy per User if you buy them from the VlA price list. But if you have an SLA license, you have the option of $2/user or $31/workstaiton. (I think that's for the bundle.. There are other options).

Also, the VLA license model for everybody is changing in 2006 so that you can purchase by either user count or workstation count.

OES licenses aren't any different.



Marvin Huffaker, MCNE

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