For crying out loud people! Give it a rest.
I just ran the system year out to 2040 for a quick test, and the Protel99SE software starts and runs just fine. I don't have the time to do a year-by-year test, but it isn't rocket science. I might add that a well known email program crashed with the 2040 date, and a couple of other business programs wouldn't start - but the Protel software fired right up.
I've run Protel software since the DOS days, and I've had every version they've published - including beta versions. NONE have ever had a time bomb. IF there is a date that the software doesn't work, I'm very sure that it will be found to be Microsoft related, and not Protel related.
If there are people running cracked copies of the time limited demo software - there might be an issue that stops them at some time in the future. I haven't bothered to see how the time limited code checks dates. I also have no sympathy for them if the crack fails and the software locks them out - perhaps they should get lawyers...
At 11:06 AM 12/3/04, you wrote:
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Don't get your proverbial panties in a twist, boys...
If 2005 (as suggested below) is not a tested, confirmed cutoff date for Protel, my suggestion is this: Perform a date test yourself.
The fact is, if Altium has placed a time bomb in the software, so that it will not run at some reasonable time in the near future, it is interstate fraud, and quite prosecutable. I would hope we (99 users) don't have to band together and hire a lawyer, but that is a possibility. So, has anyone done a date test to find out when D-day is?
Jon
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