I also think Bare Bones Software should change the slogan for BBEdit,
but only because I do not appreciate the sexual connotations. I would
suggest "It doesn't stink."
However, I'm guessing that changing the BBEdit slogan is not going to
appease the OP, despite the subject he assigned this thread.
I've never run across this issue, even though I use several instances
of BBEdit concurrently, much of the time. We have at least ten Macs
at our home, sharing the same network. I am the only one who uses
BBEdit, and I have it installed only on my PowerMac G4 -- my main
machine. On most of our other machines, I've installed TextWrangler
just in case I need to whip up a text file but don't want to trudge
all the way to the room we have set up as an office.
On my main computer, I have multiple user accounts set up, and I use
BBEdit in each of those accounts without problem. This allows me to
switch among projects and keep documents, web pages, e-mail,
addresses and phone numbers, and other materials segregated. For me,
it's more of a pain to try to get something done on a project without
all my associated files, than it is to go to my main machine when I
want to get some work done. If I need a file from another machine, I
log into it and copy it over.
Despite what the OP claims, there is clearly and logically a
difference between a two-computer limit and a three-computer limit.
Two computers might be home and office, or they might be desktop and
portable. There is no "logical" third computer, just as there is no
logical reason for us to have so many Macs around the house. I fail
to see how there could be any realistic mechanism that would prevent
software pirates from using BBEdit on three machines (paying for only
one license), but allow legitimate single users to run a single
license of BBEdit on three or more machines. I do not feel that it is
realistic to have Bare Bones employees contacting suspected software
pirates by phone. Nor do I believe it would be efficacious to do so.
If it takes too long to quit and re-start BBEdit on a machine you are
leaving, then my guess is that the machine in question is too slow,
and you'd be better off consolidating your projects onto one (faster)
machine. If it's not a question of speed, then what's the problem? If
you forget to quit BBEdit from time to time, you can always turn on
ARD access on each remote machine, and then use CotVNC to call up the
remote machine and shut down the other instance(s) of BBEdit. It
takes virtually no time at all this way -- no matter how large your
house is.
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Greg Raven
Apple Valley, CA
On May 16, 2006, at 11:56 AM, Evan wrote:
Hello,
I'm wondering if I'm the only one who noticed a (seemingly) new
"feature" in the latest BBEdit. I use BBEdit on my laptop and two
desktop machines at home. I bought a single user license. That's
because I am one person: the very definition of "single user."
However, I noticed that I am now getting dialog boxes coming up on
my copies of BBEdit if I have them running concurrently on my
machines at home. They say: "Multiple copies of BBEdit with this
serial number are in use on your network. Please ask your
colleagues to quit their copies or quit your copy of BBEdit."
If it could hear, I'd tell BBEdit that I have no "colleagues" using
it...it's just me!
This nag box comes up just about every time I do anything. It never
happened before yesterday. (My network configuration did change
recently, so perhaps that's part of it.)
First off, this is annoying because BBEdit is a rather expensive
program for a text editor. And after using it for YEARS with no
problem (and paying the multiple upgrade fees) on my several home
machines, this new license scheme seems to be implemented without
notice. I am a loyal, paying customer, yet Bare Bones is treating
me like a crook. It's enough to make me start looking into other
options. I'm simply not going to pay $600 for the privilege of
using BBEdit on my three personal machines. I'm sure I'm not the
only home user with more than one machine.
I sure hope they don't implement this scheme for Yojimbo, which I
also used and paid for, because the very cool synchronization
feature allows me to keep data synced between my two desktops and
my laptop.
I'll admit, I didn't read the license agreement (who does?). I just
assumed "single user license" meant what it said: that BBEdit could
be used by a single user--and for years, until now, it did. I am a
single user. Q.E.D.
Has Bare Bones changed their policy? I can find no mention of it on
the website. Is there any hope of switching it back? If not, I
guess it's time to move to something Cocoa-based, like TextMate.
If Bare Bones is going to start doing this with Yojimbo, please let
me know so I don't waste my money on upgrade fees. I love Yojimbo
and would hate to be without it, but I will ditch it in a second if
you think you're going to get me to buy two additional licenses
just for my own personal use.
BBEdit's slogan is "It doesn't suck." I don't know if that's true
any longer.
Please reconsider, Bare Bones!!!
A soon-to-be-formerly-loyal customer.
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