FYI, you can find more info at: Activation Site http://www.macromedia.com/software/activation/
FAQ http://www.macromedia.com/software/activation/faq/ Activation Demo / tour http://www.macromedia.com/software/activation/tour/ Technical Whitepaper (describes what activation is actually doing) http://www.macromedia.com/software/activation/whitepapers/ Security and Privacy Audit http://www.macromedia.com/software/activation/audit/ mike chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Montgomery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 5:10 PM Subject: OT: Macromedia Updates Contribute > http://news.com.com/2100-1012-1026181.html?part=dtx&tag=nhl > > Some snippets from the article: > > "Macromedia plans to update its light-duty Web publishing application, > adding support for the Mac operating system and integrating > controversial antipiracy technology." > > ... > > "The new version will be the first Macromedia product to use "product > activation," an increasingly common antipiracy technique in which the > installation process for a piece of software ties that copy to a > particular PC configuration." > > ... > > "Erik Larson, senior product manager for Macromedia, said activation > technology in Contribute 2 will be based on software by Macrovision, the > same company that supplied Intuit. But Macromedia's version will be > heavily customized to allow for installation on two PCs and to be > forgiving of hardware changes. > > Larson said use of product activation in other Macromedia products will > be guided by comments from Contribute owners. "We wanted to get a wide > range of feedback about activation," he said. Contribute "spans two sets > of customers, so we thought it would be a good example." " > > Interesting... > > -- > Chris Montgomery > Airtight Web Services http://www.airtightweb.com > Web Development, Web Project Management, Software Sales > 210-490-2415 > AIM: Airtightweb > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
