One example of a company charging a license in a practical manner is 2BrightSparks (SyncBack). It does an incredible job of performing file backups, uses VSS on XP and 2003 server (where VSS criteria are met), and the license is only $30. But wait, there's more! For home users you can use the software on up to 5 PCs, whereas business users are expected to pay the more than reasonable $30 license for each business PC it is used on. They have a great product, provide good on-line support, charge a reasonable fee, and cut slack to folks who use the product for personal use. I would feel so very guilty were I to try to take overt advantage of such a reasonable license. In my case I use my PCs for personal and business use. Where should I fall? I take no chances, and paid the $30/PC. I largely did this because I do use the PCs for business, and that is the license fee structure. But I also did it as a reward to a company that has a great pricing model - fair & balanced. I feel their app would be cheap at twice the price, frankly.
Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of MB Software Solutions > Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 6:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] Windows Genuine Advantage suffers worldwide outage, > problems galore > > > Rick Schummer wrote: > > My favorite example of this is the most obvious one: WinZip. I > can't tell you how many developers I > > have worked with over the years start up WinZip and it prompts > with the number of days since it was > > installed and where to go pay for a license. $30 is cheap and > most people cannot live without a tool > > like it because we all use ZIP files. Stealing and Stoopid, by > people who should know better. > > > > Wow...great example. WinZip would be the best example I could think of, > too. And then I recall unsavory folks distributing the CHMs of HWP > books too. Not cool. > > -- > Michael J. Babcock, MCP > MB Software Solutions, LLC > http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com > http://fabmate.com > "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
