I had a discussion with Mike Chambers about the authorization scheme on Macromedia-Talk yesterday.
http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=messages&threadid=31&; forumid=28#118 The activation software is by Macrovision, the same company which was behind Intuit's Activation Scheme for Turbo Tax this year. http://www.google.com/search?q=c-dilla+%22turboTax%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe= UTF-8 Among other things, this program caused my computer to BSOD whenever I burned a CD-Rom (not burning a CD of Turbo Tax, but any CD, audio or data). Which meant because I needed to use Turbo Tax to file my taxes, that I was unable to use a piece of hardware that I use legally during the entire time Turbo Tax was installed on my computer. Mike Assures me that: "I would not expect it to cause any issues. We have had an extensive beta test on this (one of our largest ever) and have not had any reports of this issue." Now, I believe that I heard that CFMX had one of the most extensive beta tests ever in the history of the company, and we know how great CFMX worked out of the box! Intuit has backed down off their authorization scheme. http://www2.turbotaxsupport.com/default.asp?platform=1&formName=&pd=&fs=&ver =&sku=&id=&oi=&DocID=815 Microsoft regularly releases non-activated versions of its software for corporate users (to whom activation is more than just a pain). (which means that piracy for MS products hasn't stopped. All you need is one non-activated copy out there). I don't really care about contribute, but what about when they use this scheme for CFMX? Can you imagine what happens when your server hard drive dies? -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 3:49 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Macromedia Updates Contribute On Thursday 17 Jul 2003 08:41 am, Thomas Chiverton wrote: > That's just comical: Oh, it gets *better*: "License information .... is stored ... unused part of track zero of the hard drive" *What* ! Why ? If my drive fails, it's no help. If I uninstall the product will it be removed ? If yes, then it's no help, if no then it's not uninstalling correctly. :shakes head -- Thomas C Advanced ColdFusion Programmer HANDLE WITH EXTREME CARE: This Email Contains Minute Electrically Charged Particles Moving at Velocities in Excess of Five Hundred Million Miles Per Hour. PLEASE ALSO NOTE: I don't speak for the company that sent this. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
