Date:         Fri, 15 Aug 1997 09:46:40 +1000
Reply-To:     Tim CHURCHES <TCHUR@DOH.HEALTH.NSW.GOV.AU>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Tim CHURCHES <TCHUR@DOH.HEALTH.NSW.GOV.AU>
Subject:      SAS Web licensing
Comments: To: kmself@ix.netcom.com
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Karsten Self asks:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
This is the same proposal I made (off-line) to the original
post.  This
seems like an instance where you might consider a
web-enabled (intranet or
internet) SAS application, with the single SAS license
acting as a server.
 SAS Institute has been less than helpful in clarifying its
licensing
requirements for this situation, the last I heard, it was "have
your
lawyers call our lawyers and we'll figure out a mutually
acceptable way to
bleed you to death," a shame given the tools SAS has
provided for web
development.  Anyone with less painful experiences is
welcome to comment.
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We are about to license SAS/IntrNet and my firm
understanding is that since we will be running it as part of a
Windows NT Server license which is already good for
unlimited users from within our organisation (on the one
server), no extra fees are payable beyond the SAS/IntrNet
license provided it is available only to staff and consultants
of our orgainisation, either via an intranet connection or via a
secured (eg password protected) Internet connection i.e.
any access method provided only employees can use it.
However, if we wanted to make it available to the general
public via the Internet, then extra fees may be payable
depending on our "business plan". In our case, since we are
a non-profit government department, I would hope that the
extra fees would be nil. I understand that same arrangement
applies to other "server" class SAS licenses eg Unix boxes,
mainframes etc.
 
I must add that the cost of the SAS/Intrnet module is not
inconsiderable - about 25% of the cost of all our other SAS
licenses - ie 25% of the cost of Base, Graph, Connect, Stat,
QC, ETS, OR and IML on the server. Given that many of the
components are incomplete (eg the Java classes don't
support graphics) and that it really a bare-bones set of
Web-enabling tools rather than a Web application
development environment, I personally think that this price is
a bit steep.
 
Tim Churches