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DataFlex Web Framework Licensing Chip Casanave Data Access Worldwide
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Framework Licensing Objectives A fair, versatile, simple license policy Motivate current users to create new web apps Provide a competitive policy for new customers
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Framework Licensing Objectives Support a range of different business web app scenarios Avoid constraining product use and opportunity with license policy that is too narrow or complicated
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Licensing policy realities It’s complicated Required pre-release Start with essentials; evolve
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CURRENT WEB LICENSES
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Current Web Licenses Licensed per server instance Physical or virtual Lite Edition 5 Sessions; no process pooling Intranet only; not suitable for DFWF Workgroup Edition 5 Sessions with process pooling
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Current Web Licenses Internet Edition Process pooling (no limits) Enterprise Edition Through-the-firewall security for any connected server Cluster load balancing Supports 1….255 Internet Edition servers Scalable; tunable
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Current Web Licenses Issues… Too expensive for deployment of small applications Too cheap for capacity of server license Prospectively supports 100’s of users Licensing not “value” based
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CURRENT WEB USAGE
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Web App Usage Scenarios Administrative, transactional On Windows, a “DataFlex application” Users are known; defined by admin. Usage patterns are known User based licensingworks well
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Web App Usage Scenarios Personal service – e.g. fitness web site No Windows equivalent Business role: The application is the business; typically a monthly membership or subscription is paid per user Users have unique identity and define themselves in the application Load and usage unpredictable
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Web App Usage Scenarios E-commerce web site – shopping cart Business role: operational; supports sales Users are unique; unknown; self-defining One-time-use or recurring – user and transaction volume unpredictable
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Web App Usage Scenarios Administrative services – a school app SaaS; multi-tenant Business model: subscription/mo Known application users with different profiles… Administrators and teachers Students and parents Always admin. defined
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DataFlex Web Licensing LICENSE TYPEPre-17.117.118.0… Server basedYesMaybe Per CPU-CoreNoMaybeLikely # Users “Web Client” (like Windows Client)NoYes E-commerce; ‘soft users’NoMaybe Value BasedNoMaybeYes
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