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List:       ms-wmtalk
Subject:    Re: DRM Issues
From:       Chaz Bocock <chaz () OD2 ! COM>
Date:       2001-07-30 11:19:13
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Yeah, we only have a second license server for backup purposes.

Only WMP7.0/7.1 PC and WMPXP can interpret a V7 license.

This means that Windows 95, Windows NT and Mac users are completely left
out, and Windows 98 and Windows 2000 users who have not upgraded their
players are left out.  Only Windows Millennium and WindowsXP ship with a
DRMV7 compatible client by default.

We are currently seeing about 60% V7 players, 40% V6 players.  The music
industry uses an awful lot of Macs, so if you want to demo anything then you
probably want to make it V6 compatible.

> Chaz <

> -----Original Message-----
> From: WMTalk [mailto:WMTalk@DISCUSS.MICROSOFT.COM]On Behalf Of Brendan
> Foxen
> Sent: 25 July 2001 17:15
> To: WMTalk@DISCUSS.MICROSOFT.COM
> Subject: Re: DRM Issues
>
>
> Thanks Chaz!
>
> The purpose of load balancing the service is for redundancy.
> Licenses are probably less than 1K and i know i'll need to
> issueing billions of licenses for it to fall on its arse!!! If
> the pop goes kaput then there's no fail over. The only issues i
> was thinking of is when i package the files, i want to make sure
> the license server content is identical on each box....sync the
> databases etc....
>
> DRM7...if i install this from scratch, will versions of the
> player, ie 6.4 and before be able to interpret the version 7 license????
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Brendan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chaz Bocock [mailto:chaz@OD2.COM]
> Sent: 25 July 2001 17:05
> To: WMTalk@DISCUSS.MICROSOFT.COM
> Subject: Re: DRM Issues
>
>
> > Has anyone had any experience of load balancing License issuing
> > boxes??? I have one setup but would like to setup load balancing
> > for redundacy purposes. Any usfull links and suggestions would be
> > greatly appreciated!!
>
> Just use multiple licenses servers and choose your favourite form of IIS
> load balancing (round robin might do you).  We shove out a LARGE number of
> licenses and we only have one primary license box, so you might want to
> check if you need more than one!
>
> > Also, while i'm here!......I'm planning to upgrade to DRM 7, when
> > MS finally give it to me! From what i can gather, i should keep
> > drm 1 on there so it issues both 1 & 7 licenses upon request. Is
> > this correct??? Is it clever enough to know what version of the
> > player the request has come from???
>
> If only... the two systems are completely and totally different in almost
> every possible way.  V7 is a completely new development, and getting them
> both to work alongside each other is a whole lot of fun.
>
> >  Or has anyone had to go
> > through this process??? Any pitfalls or constraints???
>
> No, just lots of pain :)
>
> > Chaz <
>
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