License Management Facility (LMF)

[Doug Mohney]

In article <54736 at bbn.COM>, fkittred at bbn.com (Fletcher Kittredge) writes:
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>No, no, no!  My complaint is with LMF, not DEC's networks.  Presently, LMF
>is only of use on DEC systems.  In a distributed, heterogeneous environment,
>this greatly reduces the usefulness of LMF. 

Useful? <supressive comments on>

> If DEC decides to develop a
>product for this environment, either they will have to produce an LMF for
>each of their competitors systems, or they will have to adhere to some
>standard for network licensing.  

DEC to develop a product which doesn't run on DEC-stamped hardware? Mmmmmm.
Everyone is going to do their "own thing" in network licensing, unless
OSF or someone else develops A Standard.