Seriously, it is your choice, but I really don't think you have any hope that MM is going to change it.
I must admit that I really don't see much of a risk here. At least not more of a risk than with any other software. Chances are that even if there wasn't an authentication scheme, if MM goes out of business, and you computer fails, a new computer may not be able to run the software anyway. Happened to me with Waveburner (thanks Apple!). The situation was actually pretty similar.
Noone will ever guarantee you that software x will run on a new machine in x years.
For some reason I can actually understand MM. I have recently seen several pirated copies of Finale in use, all of them pre-Authentication. I have not seen a single pirated OS X installation of Finale. Makes me wonder.
Don't get me wrong, I don't like the idea of copyprotection in the first place. However, I have to agree with others that the escrow system is something no software company with any sense in their brains will ever agree to.
I really think it's a live with it or don't situation. Noone is forcing you to upgrade. But I wouldn't be surprised if you will eventually (when they fix EPS?).
The idea of asking other people not to upgrade is ridiculous. It's like not filling petrol to boycott oil companies. You are hurting yourself if anyone.
Johannes
d. collins schrieb:
Johannes Gebauer �crit:
(I am not really taking sides though, personally I was annoyed by the copyprotection, but on the other hand I do find it a little silly to claim that you could loose everything tomorrow. Yes, MM could be out of business tomorrow, but my computer would also have to die before I loose anything. Not impossible, but together a risk I am prepared to take.)
It's not a question of loosing files, but of no longer being able to edit them. So you're ready to take the risk of not being able to reinstall your copy of Finale and making changes in any of your files. I'm not.
Dennis
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