Activating a product, per se, doesn't particularly concern me - and I highly doubt it will ever be required for ColdFusion or JRun, as issues which result from activation or the presence of a Macrovision software lock program that interfered with server operations would be disastrous for MM's reputation.
However, there have been myriad issues with SafeCast/C-Dilla that have been reported for every piece of software they've "protected", from 3DS Max to TurboTax, not to mention the issues with "protected" CD's and DVD's that have summarily not worked, or had their picture and/or audio in certain perfectly legitimate setups. In fact, when my parents installed last year's TurboTax, Macrovision's software effectively rendered their CD-R's writing capabilities unusable even for simply writing backup data to a blank disk. I've seen Macrovision software wreak havoc on PC's firsthand, and unless there's been some sort of quantum leap in reliability in what I see as intrinsically broken software, there's absolutely no reason for me to ever want to even try out Contribute (or upgrade any current MM software that will use Macrovision's activation scheme), as I do not want any machines in my company or for my own use crippled or otherwise impaired by software that patently assumes I'm a criminal. - Jim Thane Sherrington wrote: >At 10:31 AM 07/17/03 -0400, Mike Chambers wrote: > > >>My hard drive died. If I didn't deactivate the software, will I be able to >>reinstall the product and reactivate it? >>http://www.macromedia.com/software/activation/faq/#itemE-6 >> >> > >The only experience I've had with activation is with MS. I've had to call >their support many times to get stuff activated or reactivated. It's >generally a 10-20 minute process. Can I assume that it will be the same >here? > >Does the new activation mean that MM will be dropping the price of >Contribute substantially since they are solving the piracy issue? > >T > >Tired of your bookmarks/favourites being limited to one computer? Move >them to the Net! >www.stuffbythane.com/webfavourites makes it easy to keep all your >favourites in one place and >access them from any computer that's attached to the Internet. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
