IBM licensing is more than confusing for sure. But when I read, that anybody could download Microsoft software for home use (somehow implying you could legally do so at no charge) it makes me scratch my head. Reality check: Anybody at home, McFly?
I don't understand Notes Client licenses the same way as Jerry does (why would there have be the need for a "Personal Edition" back in R5 days then?), but still:
In the past, the only limitation that applied to the trial versions of Notes and Domino was, that your entitlement to use the software was limited in time. The software itself did remain fully functional even after your trial license expired. So, you might just have chosen to start another validation preriod ...
Where do you get that kind of offer from MS?
It's a bit unfortunate, that there is no trial version of Notes 7, yet, for sure. But on the other hand we do have - for licensed users - the complete family of Domino Extended Products readily available as R7 compatible versions (even if this doesn't mean much more than R7 compatibility).
IBM licensing is more than confusing for sure. But when I read, that anybody could download Microsoft software for home use (somehow implying you could legally do so at no charge) it makes me scratch my head. Reality check: Anybody at home, McFly?
I don't understand Notes Client licenses the same way as Jerry does (why would there have be the need for a "Personal Edition" back in R5 days then?), but still:
In the past, the only limitation that applied to the trial versions of Notes and Domino was, that your entitlement to use the software was limited in time. The software itself did remain fully functional even after your trial license expired. So, you might just have chosen to start another validation preriod ...
Where do you get that kind of offer from MS?
It's a bit unfortunate, that there is no trial version of Notes 7, yet, for sure. But on the other hand we do have - for licensed users - the complete family of Domino Extended Products readily available as R7 compatible versions (even if this doesn't mean much more than R7 compatibility).
Things could be worse on Lotus' end.