XM Pie Licensing

Slappy · October 30, 2012, 09:12:36 AM

Anybody have an idea if you can install a single seat of XM Pie uDirect on more that one machine, so long as it's not running concurrently? I want to start learning it, but of course told that they won't purchase a 2nd install at $5k a pop. Perfectly understandable, but as rarely as they use it, I could at least be getting familiar if I could install it on my workstation. I glanced at the EULA but couldn't see a clear mention.

DigiCorn · October 30, 2012, 09:17:18 AM

Get FusionPro. You could get 5 or 6 licenses for that price.

Slappy · October 30, 2012, 09:24:33 AM

Not my call mag, or I would. I bet I could have jacked the license from the old shop had I thought of it before they shut us down. Maybe I'll suggest switching to FP if it really becomes an issue here, but I have a feeling the Prep Mgr will veto anything New or Different.

DigiCorn · October 30, 2012, 09:28:06 AM

Just tell him that XM Pie is in bed with Xerox, so it'll be proprietary and limit your future options.

Slappy · October 30, 2012, 09:32:08 AM

Um, all of their digital machines here are Xerox! (With the exception of the Xante pos.) I think they enjoy being buggered by them, or something.

Stiv · October 30, 2012, 10:03:27 AM

I believe they have a plug-in that just lets you prep files.
I had the full version installed on a laptop and a workstation. We went with FP after XMPie drove me insane(r).

t-pat · October 30, 2012, 10:51:30 AM

The answer is it is dependent on the version. The version of uDirect that runs in CS3 will allow install on multiple machines, the version that runs in CS5.5 will absolutely NOT.

However, in "theory" it is "possible" to "run"the CS5.5 version in a Mac virtual machine on multiple installs, if you install it in a VM and copy that VM you can run it on different machines, just not simultaneously.

That's what we would "in theory" "do"

Skryber · October 30, 2012, 10:58:45 AM

I have a "feeling" you want to "say" something "different". :laugh:

gnubler · October 30, 2012, 11:17:40 AM

"wink, wink"

Slappy · October 30, 2012, 12:01:15 PM

Quote from: t-pat on October 30, 2012, 10:51:30 AMThe answer is it is dependent on the version. The version of uDirect that runs in CS3 will allow install on multiple machines, the version that runs in CS5.5 will absolutely NOT.

However, in "theory" it is "possible" to "run"the CS5.5 version in a Mac virtual machine on multiple installs, if you install it in a VM and copy that VM you can run it on different machines, just not simultaneously.

That's what we would "in theory" "do"

Ahhhhh, ok then! In "theory" it sounds like more work than I want to go to for something they don't even want me using yet but I'll keep it in mind. "Thanks!"

David · October 30, 2012, 02:49:58 PM

"cool"

hacking can be fun
wink wink nudge nudge

gnubler · October 30, 2012, 02:52:07 PM

Sounds kinky.

t-pat · October 30, 2012, 03:31:01 PM

Quote from: Slappy on October 30, 2012, 12:01:15 PMAhhhhh, ok then! In "theory" it sounds like more work than I want to go to for something they don't even want me using yet but I'll keep it in mind. "Thanks!"

yeah even getting OSX running in a VM requires another series of hacks

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