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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
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Date: 10 Aug 88 19:07:04 GMT
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Reply-To: brand@janus.UUCP (Graham Brand)
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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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...)