Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Hardware Lock or Sim

If you have the documentation to back you up, it soounds to me like a VERY
WINNABLE lawsuit should be initiated.

Sometimes even the mere threat of a lawsuit will open their eyes and get you
some quick service. Just be sure to be "polite" and state only documented
facts when you mention theposibility of a lawsuit.

Smoke

>I don't condone pirated software either, but these companies really treat
>you like crap if you need to replace one of those hardware locks. Case in
>point, I had a copy of CadKey which was totally legal, purchased from a
>former employer / reseller as shrink wrapped product. I lost the parallel
>port lock several years ago, and was told that in order to obtain another
>one I needed to return the entire product, software, documentation,

license,

>keyboard templates and all to CadKey along with the original purchase
>receipt. I did so, but the end result was that I did not get the
>replacement lock because they could not verify the purchase because my
>former employer is out of business. There goes a 4 grand software package
>down the crapper!!
>
>You would think that since the product was registerd when newly installed
>with the manufacturer that their records would show that I was the original
>purchaser and that a new lock would be made available to me. Not so in

this

>case, even providing a copy of the original mailed in registraton form did
>no good. They would not accept me as the original purchaser, but they sure
>could send me lots of junk in the mail about new products.
>
>John Guenther
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Roland Friestad [mailto:cardinal.eng@...]
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 8:40 AM
>> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Hardware Lock or Sim
>>
>>
>> Just a comment - Another point of view -
>>
>> While I don't condone pirated software either, I get pretty tired
>> of having
>> to carry around those blasted hardware locks to use with my laptops - My
>> software is legal but I've actually got one setup that requires 4

hardware

>> locks all plugged into the same parallel port - I'd love to have some

sort

>> of work-around to eliminate the problem - Plus if you ever lose
>> one of them
>> the software companies treat you like a criminal if you try to
>> get another one -
>>
>> Roland
>>
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