On 29 May 2005 at 2:36, John Bell wrote:

> On 28 May 2005, at 23:33, David W. Fenton wrote:
> 
> > I find it incomprehensible that
> > anyone other than a professional engraver who makes their living
> > with Finale would pay the upgrade tax and buy Finale every year.
> 
> I find it incomprehensible that anyone should complain about spending 
> $100 on an annual upgrade. That's only $2 a week for goodness sake. 
> If you are not "a professional engraver who makes their living with 
> Finale" are you hoping for charitable status?

What the hell are you *talking* about? I do buy upgrades, just not 
every year. I buy them when I consider them to be worth the money in 
terms of features for the amount of work I do with Finale. 

That's no form of charity I know of so I really don't know why you 
introduce the concept here.

> You keep harping on about this "escrow" issue. Unfortunately there 
> are unscrupulous people who steal software, so systems are devised to 
> discourage theft. I wish I didn't need a key to get into my house, 
> but I don't make a fuss about it.

This issue has been exhaustively discussed on the lsit, so I won't 
rehash the arguments. 

-- 
David W. Fenton                        http://www.bway.net/~dfenton
David Fenton Associates                http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc

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