This is editorial, but I think SAS licensing is behind the times and moves slowly. For example, many people are using VMWARE which technically is a machine in itself with a maximum of 1-CPU, but SAS wants to license the entire box, be it 4-CPU, 8-CPU, or 16-CPU. And there's no such thing as a site license, at least not in our dealings... so what's to do when in a pharma company, you need to set up 3 identical environments, dev/test/prod ... you have to pay 3 licenses when 2 of the machines are not really used except for testing.

So I would say SAS won't have an official opinion on this one for a while. It was refreshing to talk with SAS people at SUGI and realize that they're thinking about these issues though.

---wayne

Larry Bertolini wrote: > With AMD and Intel announcing their new "dual-core" x86 CPUs, > does anyone know how SAS intends to treat these machines, > with regard to licensing and "work units"? > > Apparently, Microsoft and IBM consider one "dual-core" x86 > as one CPU, but Oracle considers one "dual-core" x86 as two CPUs. > > http://news.com.com/IBM+shifts+software+price+for+dual-core+x86+chips/2100-1006_3-5679679.html