<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Sibelius network requires a server</div><div><br></div><div>As do some other network versions of software</div><div><br></div><div>Criss <br><br>On 9 Oct 2009, at 01:47, ken edgar <<a href="mailto:ken.edgar@gmail.com">ken.edgar@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>I agree that the QLA makes it easier... however what other software
requires a machine or more for volume licensing to work? This to me is
ridiculous. As much as I don't care for Adobe's installers... atleast
I can re-package or setup a silent installer. Microsoft... just
install or re-package and it works... Quark... too bad, Install one or
more QLA servers which cost extra money and require some maintenance...
or individually install.<br>
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I was just hoping there was a way to get around it... for now I think I
will stick with individual installs as painful as it is. We have
people running 6.x 7.x and 8.x... all at different sites. I don't
think QLA would make sense.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Don Montalvo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:donmontalvo@gmail.com"><a href="mailto:donmontalvo@gmail.com">donmontalvo@gmail.com</a></a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">"Smith, William" <<a href="mailto:William.Smith@merrillcorp.com" target="_blank"><a href="mailto:William.Smith@merrillcorp.com">William.Smith@merrillcorp.com</a></a>> wrote:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I was trying to stay away from needing a qla. ?Not too keen on thier licensing<br>
model.<br>
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Not to keen on their licensing model?<br>
<br>
With a QLA server, you're legally allowed to install QuarkXPress on as many<br>
machines as you choose without worrying about per seat licensing. That's<br>
fantastic!<br>
<br>
We've used QLA for the past few years and for the most part it just runs.<br>
It's serving both our Mac and Windows clients in more than a dozen sites<br>
around the world. If one server becomes unavailable then the backup takes<br>
over. If both are unavailable (such as a network outage) then each<br>
workstation can run up to 120 hours before having to reconnect.<br>
<br>
I won't say we haven't had problems a couple of times with the servers but<br>
they've been worth maintaining compared to having to maintain 80+ individual<br>
serial numbers. Plus, we've actually been able to reduce the number of<br>
licenses we'd have to maintain individually because not everyone uses<br>
QuarkXPress at the same time.<br>
<br>
The downside? Yes, you have to pay an additional fee to convert one of your<br>
stand-alone licenses to the QLA server license. It's been very worth it for<br>
us.<br>
<br>
I strongly suggest looking into it.<br>
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Everything William said and then some.<br>
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Having QLA also allows you to package QuarkXPress, along with the QLAClient.properties license file (which should have DNS names for the main and failover servers). Can't do that with individual licenses (unless you create one pkg installer for each licensed copy.<br>
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QLA servers can (and should) be set up with main/failover servers so clients can continue to work if the main server goes down. If both servers go down, you can push emergency keys out to the users so they can continue to work.<br>
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I can agree with the original poster if by "licensing model", they meant the upgrade price, lack of cross upgrade offerings, etc. But one thing Quark has their act together on is QLA. If Adobe followed their lead, there would be a lot less "Adobe CS installer stinks" threads and articles circulating on the internet. :)<br>
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Don</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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