On Mar 26, 2014, at 10:36 AM, Charles Mills wrote:
Has anyone ever seen mainframe software that automatically
"expired" 30 days
after installation? If so, any rough idea how that worked?
(Presumably, not
a magic hidden file LOL.)
Charles:
I have. Its *USUALLY* "hidden" in the key . Its been a while so I
cannot remember exact cases.
At one time (IIRC) it took an IPL to update the key.
I am pretty sure that has been eliminated.
As to Good/Bad it really depended on the product. *SOME* products are
an easy install, others take 30 days just to read the installation
manual.
Then there are what I call throw away products. They are just that,
throw away (I won't go into names). Those are a waste of time IMO and
e shouldn't be discussing them on here.
Ed
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