I asked our Bentley representative about arranging a quarterly rental for a new application (which we have trialled through a service ticket) and his response (the relevant part of it) was this:
"Once you are signed to OA you then simply download the license from our server and install as usual, no need to issue a PO, you will be billed at the end of each calendar quarter, based on you final usage, thus it is critical that you do not open more licenses than you require, please note usage is calculated on a per hour basis ( ie if you open and close the application twice between 2-3pm or 2-4pm, etc this will register as 2 usages)."
Can anyone tell me what "download the license from our server" means?
I have never noticed, not can I now find anywhere to download a license from.
Does he mean just download the software, use it and then pay at the end of the quarter? That doesn't work! We already downloaded the software and although it wouldn't license (restricted mode only) it recorded usage against 3 suites simultaneously - needless to say we are already in dispute over that invoice.