At 02:24 PM 3/9/05 +0000, Simon Troup wrote: >I don't feel like a victim
Yet. >Just thought I should put one on record as you're >using fairly inflammatory language that certainly doesn't square >with my experience. Yet. >In view of the current "something for nothing" climate where >piracy is rife, MakeMusic! are being pretty good about authentication, The irony is that authentication prevents casual piracy while standing in the way of legitimate users' future access to their labor. >However, iff MakeMusic! go down, I'll strap on a wooden leg and >whack on an eye patch faster than your can sing "Fifty barrels on a >dead mans chest" ... or whatever it was. Indeed. :) Companies tend to disappear quickly after denying they're in trouble. LiveSynth Pro's product access went down before the company's demise was announced, and while they were still accepting purchases. Luckily, I had the product I'd paid for. Others weren't so fortunate. And this quote from the Cakewalk forum: "This gives a good reason why activation keys are a bad idea... can you imaginge if Livesynth had been an activated product... how many people would be knackered if they had to reinstall..." I hope Coda/MM will prepare for their users' needs in those last hours, should the time come sooner rather than later. Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
