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Subject: Re: xansys, this is ridiculous
Author: Bob Weathers
Date: 1998-12-23 08:36:00

Dual Processor 200 MHz Pentium Pro, 2.0 GB RAM on one machine and 1.0 GB RAM
on the other, 20+ GB HDD on each, plenty of virtual storage and HDD
capacity, NT 4.0 with SP3 installed.

Bob Weathers
bweathers@t...
(608)787-2729

> From: Brad Lamirand[SMTP:brad.lamirand@h...]
> Reply To: xansys@o...
> Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 1998 7:31 AM
> To: xansys@o...
> Subject: [xansys] Re: xansys, this is ridiculous

> From: "Brad Lamirand"

> Bob,
> For all of our info, what platform are you experiencing these problems on.
> Thanks and Happy Holidays

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Weathers, Bob [mailto:bweathers@t...]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 1998 7:26 AM
> To: 'xansys@o...'
> Subject: [xansys] Re: xansys, this is ridiculous

> From: "Weathers, Bob"

> thanks for your input - i'm trying to be charitable but i've about had it

> i spent 4 or 5 hours with people at ansys last week trying to get this
> issue
> resolved without success - on top of that, it always seems that the
> license
> manager acts up at the most inopportune times - as customers, we're
> collectively paying big $$$s - seems to me that they really ought to get
> this thing right once and for all - sorry to burden you with my troubles -
> it's 7:20 am here and i'm ready for my daily martini - thanks again for
> taking the time to reply and merry christmas

> Bob Weathers
> bweathers@t...
> (608)787-2729

> > From: McGlaun, Monte[SMTP:MMcGlaun@b...]
> > Reply To: xansys@o...
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 1998 7:14 AM
> > To: xansys@o...
> > Subject: [xansys] Re: xansys, this is ridiculous

> > From: "McGlaun, Monte"

> > Bob,

> > We went through the dickens last summer. To "stabilize" our licenses,
> we
> > went to a triad. Then for about 3 months nothing worked right. I had
> run
> > after run crash due to licenses dying. I estimate that I lost a minimum
> > of
> > 3-4 weeks of productivity in 3 months. Just before 5.5 released, our
> MIS
> > guys hit the sweet spot, and things are working very well now.

> > I think that there are better solutions, however. It seems to me that
> the
> > current license philosophy is a descendent of the hardware key days.
> The
> > license manager had to check regularly to make sure the key was in
> place.
> > Now with network management, it is reasonable to check out a license to
> a
> > user and validate it one time. Not every few minutes. Ansys needs to
> > understand that its customers are very weary of the problem. Last
> summer
> > conversations were beginning to address what other software products
> were
> > available to do the job. Changing horses is an expensive, annoying
> > proposition; but not getting our work done because of licensing is
> > unacceptable.

> > Monte

> > Monte A. McGlaun
> > Drive Systems Analysis
> > Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.
> > Box 482
> > Fort Worth, Texas 76101
> > (817) 280-5820 voice, -2239 FAX
> > mmcglaun@b...

> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Weathers, Bob [mailto:bweathers@t...]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 1998 7:03 AM
> > > To: 'xansys'
> > > Subject: this is ridiculous

> > > i know its xmas but i've had it with ansys' license manager - the &*%?
> > > thing doesn't work and hasn't for some time - it holds on to licenses
> > > relentlessly and is an impediment to getting real work done - judging
> by
> > > the problems others have reported on this forum, i'm not alone -
> please,
> > > ansys, can't this thing get fixed?

> > > Bob Weathers
> > > bweathers@t...
> > > (608)787-2729

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97Re: xansys, this is ridiculousBob Weathers1998/12/23 
98Re: xansys, this is ridiculousBrad Lamirand1998/12/23 
99Re: xansys, this is ridiculousMonte McGlaun1998/12/23 
100Re: xansys, this is ridiculousBob Weathers1998/12/233