On 9 Mar 2005 at 19:35, Simon Troup wrote: > > But it is truly amazing to watch the victims of said abuse actually > > justify it and defend their abusers. > > That's just your perception. > > Having marketed software that I've written myself I'm quite > sympathetic about MakeMusic!s efforts to protect its investment, call > it abuse if you like. Likewise, I don't like seeing someone download > and use something for nothing that I've paid good money for out of the > honesty of my heart.
You seem concerned only about MakeMusic's side of the equation, and not about the downside for users of their software. > There's more going on here than blind devotion and the Stockholm > Syndrome. You seem to give more empasis to MM's interests than to your own long- term interests. Setting up a key escrow should not be all that tough for MM to do. I see no obstacles to their implementing it, either technically or financially (a CD-ROM with documentation in a safe-deposit box would, at minimum, suffice). -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
