LOL, so true.
--- Bagotronix Tech Support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As for market forces on software prices, I'm going > to do my part. I'm > > done buying any new Microsoft OS's after Win2K > (due to their licensing > > and privacy policies) and Altium (because of > pricing/support/utility > > -per-dollar issues). So I guess I may only be one > person, but I'm > > voting with my checkbook. In the meantime, I'll > keep looking for better > > alternatives while using what works OK for me. > Sure am glad this isn't > > "rented" software! ;-) > > You are not alone. As I have said before on this > list, W2K and Office 2000 > are the last Microsoft products I will be buying > unless they scrap their new > licensing policies and cut the prices. Likewise > with future Protel > versions; 99SE will be it. It's a shame, because in > many ways W2K and > Protel 99SE are excellent products. Further > improvements on them would be a > wonderful thing, but the new licensing and pricing > is a killer. > > You can not only work with your checkbook, you can > also evangelize others > about the issues at stake. I have been warning > friends and family about > what is happening with software licensing, with > mixed results. I get a lot > of apathy. It will be that way until one day they > turn on their PC and it > says (names changed to protect the guilty): > > "Your Winblows license has expired. For your > convenience, we have your > credit card information on file. So that we may > continue to serve you, > please click on 'OK' to renew your Winblows license. > Your credit card will > then be charged $199 for a one-year license renewal. > If you click on > 'cancel', you will be charged a one-time fee of $99 > to cover processing > costs of removing your computer information from the > central license > registration database. Should you decide to renew > later, you will be > charged an addtional $99 processing fee to add your > computer information > back to the central license registration database, > in additon to the rate > for a new license, which is currently $299. Should > you desire to contest > these charges, please recall in the End User's > License Agreement that by > using the software, you agreed to not use credit > card chargeback procedures. > Should you attempt to reclaim files from this > computer's hard disk without > first renewing your Winblows license, any > .NYET-enabled files will report > their being opened to the central license > registration database, possibly > leading to your prosecution under the Digital > Millenium Copyright Act for > felony charges of attempting to defeat software > security measures. Thank > you for using Macrohard products." > > OK, that was not a statement of fact, but a > prediction of how it might go. > In any case, it was fun to write. And it (or > something like it) COULD > happen. > > Best regards, > Ivan Baggett > Bagotronix Inc. > website: www.bagotronix.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matt Pobursky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Protel EDA Forum" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 5:59 PM > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Upgrade Pricing Ethics WAS: Not > DXP or P99SE, but have > you seen the Cadence offer!!!! > > > > > ************************************************************************ > * Tracking #: > 4499897D6A9FF5499E903EFFE072FF71D3F4650C > * > ************************************************************************ > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > * * * * > * To post a message: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > * > * To leave this list visit: > * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html > * > * Contact the list manager: > * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > * > * Forum Guidelines Rules: > * > http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html > * > * Browse or Search previous postings: > * > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > * * * * __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com ************************************************************************ * Tracking #: FB78D57C5135DA45BFC322A21CF18FBA30256E54 * ************************************************************************ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
