Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!janus!brand From: brand@janus.uucp (Graham Brand) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: LAN's and software Summary: Does one need network versions of software Message-ID: <25577@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 10 Aug 88 19:07:04 GMT Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: brand@janus.UUCP (Graham Brand) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 13 Dear Net Gurus, Would someone give me the technical reason why some single user software cannot be used as is on a network of 2+ PC's. Put another way, if I have invested many $ in the usual software: 1-2-3, dBase3+, Microsoft Word, Autocad etc, and I have now decided to add a couple of extra machines and connect them on a network, will I have to upgrade to the "network" versions of these programs or can I use them as is? Obviously, I could run them separately on each machine but there would be little reason for having them on a network!! Cheers, -Graham Brand (brand@janus.berkeley.edu, etc...)