Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: three CAD/CAM contenders...

Hi,

What everyone seems to forget, (which is hard to believe when you look at
the number of companies that disappear overnight) that when the company is
gone, you're kind of screwed. Yeah OK, you might have a key disk for a while
but when that gets trashed, then what. These software packages are expensive
enough that they should allow the user "Fair Use". Nifty little key
diskettes, that have some special un-backupable protection ploy reminds me
too much of the Commodore-64 days. Why not trash the drive too like the old
Commodore 1541 drive protection schemes used to, i.e. machine-gun/seek the
head to pieces) "you bad old customers don't deserve to be trusted!"

Bob

>From: "stevenson_engineers" <machines@...>
>Reply-To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
>To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: three CAD/CAM contenders...
>Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 21:33:12 -0000
>
>--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Tim Goldstein" <timg@k...> wrote:
> > Just thought I would mention that the software token can only be
> >transferred
> > via the specially formatted/protected (seems that specific sectors
> >are
> > altered) floppy, not just any floppy. Definitely not as easy as
> >Vector where
> > you get 2 full licenses and the license file is portable via any
> >media.
> >
> Tim,
>This is very true. I belive the system is handled by a product called
>Copy Control which makes it very hard to crack.
>True it's a special disk but if it's yours and you own the
>registration what's the problem?
>With all the people I have had dealings with who have bought the
>program I have told them to ask for two tokens, one for work and one
>for home. Without exception they have been given two with no charge.
>If you are unlucky enough to loose one by HD failure etc then a quick
>phone call or email and they can get the software to regenerate a new
>one.
>Bobcad has a Bios / OS / method of generating it's number. It's only
>good for the one computer and if you reinstall windows you need a new
>number. They aren't all that quick either in getting back to you.
>I was left without a working copy for nearly two weeks once.
>
>
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