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Welcome to the Express Meter Working Model!

Express Meter is a license management system that optimizes your
organization's software usage: it lets you dramatically reduce your license
needs, while ensuring that you're complying with your software license
agreements.  It does this by fully exploiting the "concurrent licensing"
provisions in the software license agreements of most popular applications.

Winner of the 1993 InfoWorld Product of the Year award, Express Meter employs a 
unique and sophisticated dynamic license allocation scheme that actually adjusts 
license assignments continually in response to changing user needs.  Using this 
and other advanced optimization techniques, Express Meter is able to maximize 
the value of your software licenses significantly beyond other metering systems, 
while keeping you legal at the same time.

The benefits of using Express Meter are immediate and substantial: 

  * EXPRESS METER SAVES MONEY.  By optimizing your license usage, Express
    Meter can save up to 80% or more of your software costs - while
    actually increasing user access to the software.

  * EXPRESS METER ENSURES LICENSE COMPLIANCE.  Illegal software usage is
    no joke.  It can be a FELONY to have just 10 illegal copies of software
    worth just $2500.  Penalties include fines of up to $250,000, and prison
    terms of up to 5 years.  The Software Publishers Association took action 
    against 1324 companies for software piracy in 1992 and 1993 alone, resulting
    in $7.5 million in fines. 

  * EXPRESS METER IS THE BEST WAY TO SHARE SUITES.  Application
    suites like Microsoft Office and Lotus SmartSuite have become
    increasingly popular in recent years.  But most people are unaware of
    the special licensing provisions which make these packages virtually
    impossible to legally share among users.  Express Meter not only lets you
    legally share these suites, it actually optimizes their usage like no other 
    system, and helps you determine the most cost-effective mix of suite licenses
    and individual application licenses to meet your usage needs.

  * EXPRESS METER PUTS YOU IN CONTROL.  No longer will you have to guess how
    your software is used.  Get detailed reports of who uses what software,
    at what time.  Manage usage with lockouts, usage time limits, and VIP
    passwords.  Meter software run locally on a workstation as well as from
    a network server.  And Express Meter operates completely transparently,
    so your users need not even know it's being run.

Express Meter is a snap to install and use.  It works with any Windows
network, and any Windows shell.  It does not require a TSR, makes no
modifications to executable files, and uses no stub files.

This working model will allow you to fully explore Express Meter using a
sample library.  You won't be able to control application usage or gather
your own usage statistics, but you will be able to see for yourself how
Express Meter works and how it can benefit you.

Here's how to install the Express Systems Express Meter Working Model.

    1. The working model will require 2 MB of local hard disk space.  Make
    sure you have at least this much space before you start.  (The working
    model does not require any server disk space).

    2. Make sure you have compatible versions of MICROMAN.EXE and
    HDCLIB.DLL. To see what versions you currently have, type "microman -d"
    at the DOS prompt.  You should get a message indicating the version of
    MicroMan and hDCLib that you have on your computer.  If you get "Bad
    command or filename", or if the hDCLib version is less than 322,
    (shown as "0x0322") then you need newer versions of these files.

    To get the latest versions of MicroMan and hDCLib, look for a file
    called HDCxxx.ZIP (where xxx is a version number which is at least
    322) in the place where you got this file.	If you cannot find this
    file, it can be downloaded from the Express Systems bulletin board at 
    206.728.8302 (2400 baud, 8,n,1) or you can order it from Express Systems 
    Customer Service at 206.728.8300 (for a $7 shipping and handling fee).

    Once you have the new files, copy them over your old files.

        IF YOU ARE UPGRADING FROM PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF MICROMAN AND HDCLIB
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        A. If you do not wish to lose your system menu configuration and
        preferences such as the MicroApp path, do NOT overwrite your
        existing MICROMAN.PRF file.

        B. If you're using an international language version of an Express 
	Systems product, please note that overwriting HDCLIB.DLL will cause 
	some error messages to appear in English instead of the language of 
	the international version.  Your international product will not
        otherwise be affected.

    3. If you are running Windows 3.0 (as opposed to Windows 3.1) then
    you will need the following files: SHELL.DLL, COMMDLG.DLL, and
    DDEML.DLL.  Check your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory to see if you already
    have a copy of these files.  If not, contact Microsoft to see how to
    obtain a copy.

    4. Create a directory named C:\EMWM, and copy the EMWM.EXE file to
    this directory.

    5. EMWM.EXE is a self-extracting archive; run it from DOS or from
    File Manager to decompress the files included in the archive.

    6. Installation is complete!  Run APPLIBED.EXE to start exploring
    Express Meter, or run EMAK.EXE for more information on licensing
    issues and on Express Meter.  If you have any questions on the
    working model or on Express Meter, give our Customer Service
    department a call at 206.728.8300.

Express Systems is offering its Express Meter Audit Kit, normally $295, FREE to
qualified network administrators.  The Audit Kit is an easy-to-use
full-featured program that monitors and reports software usage on DOS and
Windows workstations on any network.  It installs and de-installs easily and
remotely, and operates completely transparently to users.  After an audit,
it will give you detailed usage reports showing you whether or not you are
using your software licenses legally and exactly how many licenses you
really need.

The Audit Kit is yours to keep, you are under no obligation to buy anything.

To get your free audit kit, answer the following questions and return
by email or fax (to 206.728.8301) or call Express Systems Customer Service at
800-321-4606.  

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