Neil bothwick said, on the issue of upgrading NC2-NC3:
> If you want to own both, buy both. The upgrade is just that, you are
> moving from NC2 to NC3. If you trade in your car for a newer model, you
> don't expect to keep the old car too.
But its not a trade-in, its an "upgrade". Software has always been an
area of difficult legality since it is by nature copyable, yet
copyrightable. Many software companies have taken it upon themselves
to elevate their product above normal laws and rights by limiting its
usage. For example, some software will only allow itself to be
installed once then refuses to install again, or the terms of usage
prevent lending, reselling, using more than one copy at once, etc.
Some such limitations are acceptable, others IMHO are ridiculous. If
I buy a spade I can lend it to someone, dig more than one hole with
it, sell it and get it repaired when it breaks. I can make my own too,
if I want.
The point is that software is a bit different to other products,
including the concept of upgrades. The original idea meant by the
word "upgrade" is a cheaper route to a new version by dint of being an
existing customer. You are not trading it in, you still retain
ownership of the old version. Software companies will moan and
complain but I cannot see any justification in objections to you doing
what you please (re-selling, etc) with the old product, which you own.
Nobody forces the companies to offer the upgrade.
Having said all that, I expect that Eyetech's aims are to see if the
would-be upgraders have genuine NC2's or copies. Perhaps someone
could persuade them to send back the old NC2 cd after they've checked
it, if that is what they're up to. Otherwise it is, IMHO a trade-in,
not an upgrade.
I'm not going to argue too loudly though, as I am one of the lucky
ones who pre-ordered NC3 and got it shortly after it was released.
Quite happy with it I am too. :)
Cheers,
Ian
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