goldcougar wrote:If you have an unlimited web client license, does that also give you unlimited headless client licenses? (since they both run server side).
It certainly should and would make the unlimited web client license a far more interesting proposition. Effectively this would then put Servoy right into the frame for handing all site data even on sites that do not use the web-client specifically. Worrying about out of license messages in the middle of a public facing web site is not a top choice, neither is webclient the most appropriate choice every time - but a combination is certainly very attractive.
Ideally Servoy (the product) should choose the best worst license when loading:
- Standard smart client license does everything (headless,smart and web)
- webclient license only does web and headless
- headless only does headless connections
The connection should then pre determine which license to request based on the lowest that will satisfy the requirement. Perhaps there could be a parameter that allows the developer to force the solution to use one type of license or another.
I currently have a very typical project where they will need 10-15 smart clients and the very occasional use of the web client. I have another that would be 99% headless client with a single user admin on the smart client, Servoy did not get considered for this due to licensing. From my perspective having an unlimited web/headless client with 15-20 smart client licenses would be a very workable solution. Added to this it would be a lot easier to sell Servoy in general if you could largely fix the costs to the end user - they dont like "if you go over X visitors to your site the cost will be Y but until you do its Z"
HTH
Gordon