Hi, I see... Few other things to consider: As we know, some of us rely on BrailleNote for daily tasks (those who might not have a computer), and there are folks out there who doesn't know how to install things or know how to download things. What about them? Another note is that the BrailleNote was meant to be a PC companion, not a PC replacement. You need to think about BrailleNote differently from a general-purpose computer. Embedded systems work differently then a regular Windows equipped computer. The reason why MS put in copy protection and product activation was to prevent piracy (we don't want to find ourselves answering multitudes of questions regarding this). Also, just because we didn't pay a thing does not mean that we need to deprive the functionality of KeySoft (as someone already mentioned). Also, constant nagging about "product activation" might serve as a negative publicity "timebomb" for future users. Because of this thing, future users would be discouraged from buying a BrailleNote - just because they encountered something they haven't heard about before, such as receiving this message just because the user didn't pay the payment on time. My suggestion would be this: Either ask the "background" operators to "cease" - I am talking about the petition link that I sent (so that the price would go down), or allow users to pay partial price when purchasing the BrailleNote and let them pay the rest either as a monthly installments or within a timeframe (I can see some consequeences of this as well). That's all I have today. Cheers, Joseph P.S. When I release software in the future, I'll make sure that it is free...
-----Original Message----- From: Amanda Chokov [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 9:01 PM To: Joseph Lee Cc: braillenote Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Braillenote] customer viability in the faceofplanned obsolescence I thought it would be kind of like a code of some sort. You know... when the payment plan is finished, you get the product key to put in that would make the warnings stop showing up. They could make it so that you'd have to log on to a website with the unit in question, enter in your information, i.e name, bn serial number, etc, and then the product key that they send you when you complete payment. If they have each unit's serial number paired with the owner's information, wouldn't it be kind of hard to crack? Forgive me if I'm making no sense, but I'm not exactly a tech, and I don't always know how to explain things that are related to tech topics in a way that always makes sense. I can think it, but am not the best at getting it out there. Anyway, those are my thoughts. Kind regards, Amanda On 11/17/09, Joseph Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Then how would the "registration" delivery algorithm be made - over the > Internet? How about if the user uses various "loopholes" (which I will not > go into details) to thwart this? I can immediately see some hints of > "cracking" this "payment plan" DRM algorithms - be careful. > The more secure a product gets, the more attempts at finding loopholes and > cracks... And that's the rule. > Cheers, > Joseph P.S. Just a "be careful" message. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Amanda Chokov > Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 7:51 PM > To: braillenote > Subject: [Braillenote] Braillenote] customer viability in the faceofplanned > obsolescence > > -- > Amanda Christine Chokov > I agree with Alex. Having the unit totally freeze would be punishing > the people who are doing their job as well as those who aren't paying. > And, as much as someone might think they can just deal with the > constant dialogue boxes, it will grow vexatious before too long. Kind > of like when Jaws runs in forty minute demo mode if it is not > activated. You have use, but with the annoying nagging to register or > you will have to restart every forty minutes. If the unit is freezing, > we may as well not have it at all. The point is to give the customer > some usage, even if it is interrupted, while the payments are being > maid. > > Cheers, > Amanda > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [email protected] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.425 / Virus Database: 270.14.71/2510 - Release Date: 11/17/09 > 19:26:00 > > -- Amanda Christine Chokov No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.425 / Virus Database: 270.14.71/2510 - Release Date: 11/17/09 19:26:00 ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [email protected] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
