The University of Wisconsin has adopted a number of techniques to systematize the management of a large number of engineering software applications received each year. These include central license file management, "spoofed" startups, non-root and watchdog license restarts, usage monitoring, installation notes, fake installs, and "first-use" scripts. While the university uses AFS (the Andrews File System) in Unix and the techniques have evolved over a period of several years, all results sprang from the adoption of some guiding philosophies which will port to other systems. Presentation will follow a typical installation path. Useful also for Mentor personnel who'd like to know how the other side thinks.

Bio:
Dr. Nelson has been a member of academic staff at the UW for five years. Before that he taught electrical engineering in Kentucky for seven. He manages more than 25 large electrical and computer engineering software applications.