Reply to post: Re: Almost a genuine reason for customers wanting DRM.

Put down that Oracle database patch: It could cost $23,000 per CPU

JEDIDIAH
Linux

Re: Almost a genuine reason for customers wanting DRM.

> When software licences are this expensive, it's almost a valid expectation that the feature should require some form of enabling licence key to switch it on when necessary.

...or the people managing multimillion dollar systems and software have half a clue and keep on top of this stuff. This isn't amateur hour.

Mandatory license managers just cause trouble. That's another layer of complexity that important high value mission critical systems don't need.

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