On Thursday, July 17, 2003, at 11:49 AM, Jim Campbell wrote: > What would you say Intuit did wrong that you are not doing wrong? I > wouldn't place the onus so much on Intuit as much as on Macrovision's > draconian software.
There are two areas of concern here: 1. The technology. Apparently there were issues with the activation technology (I don't have firsthand experience with Intuit's software, so keep in mind that I don't know this for sure). Macromedia has done extensive testing to make sure that the activation process is simple, as seamless as possible, and safe. 2. Communication. I think Intuit customers didn't understand the activation process, and conversely, Intuit didn't fully understand how their customers wanted to use their software. Macromedia being completely upfront and open about the activation process. The documents we have posted on our web site even go so far as to expose the exact requests and responses that are involved in the activation process (see Security and Privacy Audit at http://www.macromedia.com/software/activation/audit/). Finally, Macromedia made changes to the Contribute EULA so that it would be more in line with how we believe our customers want to use our software so that activation is not an inconvenience. In other words, what used to be considered piracy (installing Contribute on two different machines) is now permitted by the EULA for the convenience of our customers. Christian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
