Re: serialize software
- Posted by cklester <cklester at yahoo.com> Nov 18, 2004
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Unkmar and cklester wrote: > > It's not that big a deal, actually. We have thousands of clients and > > most of them upgrade. It's just a matter of reinstalling the software > > with us on the phone. > > The company I mention is only reachable 1 day a week. Thursday. Well, that's horribly lame and I understand your plight a little better. :) > > Since when does anybody move software from computer to computer on such > > a periodic basis as to make this intolerable?! Besides software pirates, > > I mean. > > Let's assume he has computers with 3 legit copies. Which he does. > Just so happens that all 3 copies are different versions. For obvious > reasons. > He buys a computer so he puts a new copy on it. With us, you call and we get you uninstalled, which provides us with a confirmation of uninstall. Then, go to the new PC and reinstall. BAM! With this new Euphoria program I've written, it takes a mere seconds to do all this. Once I have it interfacing with the database, it might even become humanless. =8^O > >> Infuriating: Can't replace or upgrade his computer. > > I doubt this is true. A call to the software maker should get him > > reinstalled quickly and easily. That's how it works with us, at least. > Yes it does. On any Thursday. Heaven forbidden his computer to > crash on a Friday. He would have to wait an entire week for that > software to be running again. Yeah, that does stink a bit. :/ -=ck "Programming in a state of EUPHORIA." http://www.cklester.com/euphoria/