Re[2]: WebPAC and ALS/Vmark licenses

George Rickerson (mailto:rickersg@EXT.MISSOURI.EDU)
Thu, 1 Feb 1996 09:59:30 CDT

Message-Id: <199602011620.KAA08823@library.wustl.edu>
Date:         Thu, 1 Feb 1996 09:59:30 CDT
From: George Rickerson <mailto:rickersg@EXT.MISSOURI.EDU>
Subject:      Re[2]: WebPAC and ALS/Vmark licenses
To: Multiple recipients of list WEBCAT-L <mailto:WEBCAT-L@WUVMD.WUSTL.EDU>

>My guess is that you'll need less simultaneous user licenses >
under a >web interface than direct or telnet connections. The client connection to
>the server is so brief there's not much comparison with the connection
>times we're used to. But don't worry, the vendors will figure out how to
>price the product so they don't reduce the revenue stream.

Innovative Interfaces does it this way: a web interface user is counted as a simultaneous user for two minutes beginning when the first web page is sent. The clock is restarted each time a new web page is sent.

George Rickerson Univ. of Missouri mailto:rickersg@ext.missouri.edu