Re: FUGAWI DO NOT BUY IT!!!


"Danny" <Danny@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Captain Joe Redcloud" <red@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 01:39:47 GMT, "Perry" <JB@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>Oliver Fleming said:<<< This is what is known as in my country as "sharp
> >>practice" and can lead to heavy fines and Jail time.>>>
> >>
> >>In Canadan as well as the US using more than one copy ( single purchase)
> >>of
> >>most any software is called THEFT.I would be careful about what you send
> >>the
> >>CBBB. They may turn it over to your local authorities.
> >>
> >
> > Baloney! Read the EULA before jumping to wrong conclusions.
> >
> >
> > Captain Joe Redcloud
> > 1882 Chestnut Hill Road
> > Mohnton PA
> > (610) 856-7118
>
> I used to manage the tech support department for one of the biggest nav
> software companies in the world. I can tell you first hand that piracy of
> this sort of software is rampant, unashamed and unabashed.

But we are not talking about piracy here, just a purchaser who finds that
the license management process for the software makes it very difficult to
use in what are reasonable circumstances. Also the software is not
funtioning as described, an all to often problem even with those that
perhaps aught to know better. All to often we are expected to shell out for
the next version of software to get rid of the bugs that riddled the
previous version only to be assaulted by a new set of bugs as a result of
the 'improvements' or added funtionality that we never needed in the first
place.
>
> You are indeed lucky to be allowed to install it beyond one machine. It's
> all you paid to own. Make your same argument with Adobe, Novel, Microsoft
or
> any number of other companies that have the same protocol and they will
> snicker at your logic.

But as been said before the user was complying with the basic licensing
requirements.
>
> It might be wise for you to enjoy your software and stop maligning a great
> little product. In all my years in the biz, I never thought I'd defend my
> Canadian brother/competitors, but there you have it.

There are equal arguments that many of the piracy problems that the big
names suffer from are in fact driven by their over onerous licensing
techniques, and the charging of commercial licence rates to leisure users.

Peter




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