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Testing Update: License to Connect: Page 2 of 2

An enterprise service bus (ESB) is essentially an integration technology. It's designed to integrate applications and technology using standards-based protocols. JDBC. JMS. SOAP. FTP. But it is, at its core, an integration technology. That means adapters. Endpoints. Integration points. Whatever....
January 06, 2006

Well, yes it is - if the product in question also tightly couples a single database query to a connection. I won't even go into the fact that tightly coupling anything in a product that is allegedly the "underpinnings" or "foundation" of an SOA which is, by necessity, a loosely coupled system, is counter-intuitive and makes no sense. One connection. One SQL statement. One license.

This. Is. Ridiculous. People.

It's one thing to license software, it's another to license particular features of software, it's a whole other ballgame to license connectivity. It's craziness, it's annoying, and it's just plain silly.

I guess at least I should be grateful that the license check is done during configuration. Imagine the impact on performance of a system conducting a license audit at runtime - to make certain the system is actually licensed to connect at runtime.
I think it's time to shut up, before someone decides that's a good idea. You never know with software.

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