RE: [MI400] How does this software work??

[Jim Langston <jlangston@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Say for is selling a certain car, one with 200 HP, one with 300 HP.
I'm cheap, so I buy the 200 HP model.  Then I find that the cars
are exactly the same, except that the 300 HP has a different chip.
I go out and buy the chip from some 3rd party, and now my car is
300 HP.  Am I in violation of any licensing agreement or such? I
don't think so, and I dont' think it would be morally wrong for me
to try to get as much out of the machine as I can, nor even legally
wrong for that matter.

IBM wants me to pay them to get more out of the machine by upping
my limits.  But here is a 3rd party way of doing it where I pay
someone else a cheaper price than I would have to pay IBM.

I really don't see the moral, or legal, quandry thinking about it.

Regards,

Jim Langston

-----Original Message-----
From: MCPARTLAND, Stan [mailto:stanley.mcpartland@bently.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:47 PM
To: 'mi400@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: [MI400] How does this software work??


Mike,

I look at FAST400 more as it doesn't exceed the hardware capability, but it
does allow you to exceed your agreed usage of the hardware.

Stan

-----Original Message-----
From: Hardman, Michael [mailto:Michael_Hardman@Intuit.com]
Sent: Thursday, 18 October, 2001 12:18 PM
To: 'mi400@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: [MI400] How does this software work??


FAST400 doesn't appear to EXCEED the purchased processing capability, just
maximize it.