( ESNUG 289 Item 7 ) ----------------------------------------------- [5/13/98]
Subject: ( ESNUG 288 #2 ) VCS No Longer Waits For Licences? That SUCKS !!!
> The new rev. of now synopsys's VCS doesn't wait for a license any more,
> this ability allowed a larger number of users to use fewer licenses of VCS
> (queing theory) the runs which are started wait for a license then run.
> Now they fail saying "No license". I'm sure this increases the number of
> license needed by many eng. groups. More $$$ for Synopsys I suppose that
> they need to do this to get return on the 1/2 billion dollar cost of
> ViewLogic.
From: Don Reid <donr@hpcvcdo.cv.hp.com>
What some of us do for Design Complier is to run a small script which
scans the log file for the "No license" message. If found, it sleeps a
few minutes and trys again.
This sort of thing does little to affect sales, it just annoys customers.
- Don Reid
Hewlett-Packard
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