MapInfo 10 licensing

[Gentreau]

Can you guys confirm for me whether or not concurrent licences can be used when not connected to the network ?

 

My feeling is no, but I'd like to be sure before our group changes me to a CC licence and I find I can't work offline.

 

Thanks

Gentreau.

 

[k1983]

The licence information for a Concurrent licence is stored on a server
- therefore to connect to a concurrent licence you need access to the
server. Yes I would not chance to concurrent licence if you do not
have access to the network. This has nothing to do with internet
connection.....just access to your work server.

[Peter Horsbøll Møller]

Gentreau,

 

A concurrent license can have borrowing. This will let you borrow a license from the license server for a certain period, up to a year.

If you don't borrow the license (from the license server), MapInfo Pro will not work unless you have access to the license server when starting MapInfo Pro.

 

Peter Horsbøll Møller
Pitney Bowes Business Insight - MapInfo

 

2009/8/5 Gentreau <goo...@gentreau.com>

[Gentreau]

So effectively I would have to remove one of the concurrent licences from use by anybody else whenever I was going to work offline, and I would have to remember to do so... sounds like I need an individual licence, what does PBMI call them (machine licences??)

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Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 5:26 PM
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Subject: [MI-L] Re: MapInfo 10 licensing

[Eric Blasenheim]

Professional supports two types of server licenses and the combination
of the two is a third.

Concurrent licenses require that you are connected to the network
every time you start Professional. As one is in use, the total count
is reduced by one. Multiple instances on the same machine do not
deduct from the count.
Distributed licenses also live on YOUR server. The first time you run
Professional, the license is stored on your machine and deducted from
the available server count.
Hybrid licenses allow you to use either mechanism. The distributed
licenses, as they are used, deduct from the available pool of either
concurrent or distributable. Distributed are clearly best for laptops
and concurrent for workstations that are always reliably connected to
the network.

I do not know how the pricing works and it may not be that all types
are available in all geographies. Not my area of expertise(sorry).

Eric Blasenheim
PBBI (MapInfo)