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    <p>A couple of options (including the one you don't want):</p> <ol> <li><p>Write your own database for this; Perhaps a simple app using SQLite. (Not very appealing, but not hard either)</p></li> <li><p>You just need an application that lets you create name:value pairs and assign them into groups. A customizable address book would work in a pinch. Each contact could be a program name or a customer name with the license/serial as the data. Then you could group by computer, customer, etc.</p></li> </ol> <p>This sounds like the classic kind of problem that Access (and programs like it) were designed to solve. You start with access, use it for a couple of years, and then later hire someone to port the data into a custom app when you've outgrown that solution.</p> <p>I would be extremely tempted to try and use an address book program for this to start. (Note: I'm using Apple's address book program in my mind for referencing features) It allows for custom fields, notes, and groups. The downside is that you have to do more work: searching for part of a serial number to make sure it is not already in use, manually adding a note to two "contacts" indicating the transfer of a license from one to the other.</p> <p>On the other hand, if the license tracking of your own software is key to your business, it is probably worth your time and money to develop a custom app on top of a SQL database. Write down a list of everything you want to be able to do. Go back and write down any rules or constraints (e.g. can two or more machines have the same license?). The database schema and programming rules will fall right out of that document. </p> <p>Another idea: programs that track books, dvds, etc. Primarily ones that allow you to keep notes about when you lend them to people.</p>
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    1. POHow do you manage software serial keys, licenses, etc?
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    1. COI'm not completely against writing our own stuff, but I imagine its re-inventing the wheel. Also we don't have much spare developer time, so we'd be willing to trade time for money.
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