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Re: st: stata 13 enterprise licenses
From
Alan Riley <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: stata 13 enterprise licenses
Date
Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:38:48 -0500
Laszlo Sandor ([email protected]) has a question about
"enterprise licensing" and describes an annual network
license of Stata at his organization:
> I have a weird question about enterprise licensing (even though I am
> definitely not the person responsible for licensing at my
> institution).
>
> Our current network licenses expire on June 30, so it would be foolish
> to buy another year of Stata/MP 12 when 13 is out. But exactly this
> what happened two years ago with Stata 11 and 12, and I am not sure
> our IT staff is correct. Is it true that enterprise licenses will not
> be immediately available?
>
> When I reached out to our IT staff about Stata 13, they replied "Thank
> you for the information.There is typically a delay between the
> announcement of a new version and delivery to enterprise licensees,
> but we will plan to upgrade Stata as soon as we are able to."
>
> When I got more specific about the release of Stata 13 and the
> expiration of our Stata 12 licenses, they repeated "Thank you, however
> the plan remains the same -- which is to upgrade to the latest version
> as soon as its made available to enterprise customers."
>
> I do not want to bother StataCorp sales, esp. behind the back of our
> official IT people, but perhaps it's worth a little discussion if
> others are having a similar experience.
The way Stata annual network licensing works is that you automatically
are sent any new version while your annual license is in effect. So,
all organizations, including Laszlo's, with an annual network license
will receive Stata 13 shortly after it becomes available on June 24.
It is up to each organization to decide when the new version is installed.
In Laszlo's case, his organization has a license which expires June 30,
2013, roughly 1 week after Stata 13 starts shipping. If his organization
renews their license, they will receive Stata 13 once it start shipping
and will receive a new license with an expiration date of June 30, 2014.
If his organization does not renew their license, they will still
receive Stata 13 once it starts shipping on June 24, and their
users will be able to enjoy using it until their license expires
later that week. Their users probably would prefer they renew
the license, however.
Alan
[email protected]
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