Re: removing authorization key, putting it back later

  • From: "Bruce Toews" <dogriver@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:34:05 +0300

If you think you told FS that you felt the scheme unacceptable by
posting to this list, think again. FS isn't on this list.
On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:28:08 -0600, "John Heim" <jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
said:
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bruce Toews" <dogriver@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 2:49 PM
> Subject: Re: removing authorization key, putting it back later
> 
> 
> > For one thing, it's not a problem. It's by design.
> 
> It's  a problem  for me! I don't care if it's by design.
> 
> My CD-ROM dies and instead of just being able to swap it out, I have to
> call 
> FS and get reauthorized? That's bogus. Why would I care if it's a bug or
> by 
> design
> 
> >For a second thing,
> > if you're going to be using it, you'd darned well better read up on it.
> 
> Who says?
> 
> An authorization scheme that requires you to study it is itself a defect. 
> I'm a professional programmer. And I consider it a failure on my part
> every 
> time I have to explain how to use one of my programs. Sometimes it's 
> impossible to have things simple enough that they need no explanation.
> But I 
> haven't had to study the authorization scheme for any other software I've 
> ever licensed. I don't lose my Windows XP authorization when i swap out a 
> CD-ROM drive.
> 
> > Third, whether you or anyone else thinks it's stupid is irrelevant, this
> > is the way it is. Ranting and stamping your foot isn't going to change
> 
> First of all, I'm not "ranting" nor am I "stamping my foot". I'm stating
> my 
> opinion just as you are stating yours.
> If you're questioning why I'm talking about it on this list, well, it
> came 
> up. Why are you talking about it?
> 
> But more importantly, this is how things get changed. They certainly
> won't 
> change if nobody complains. I told FS that I found their authorization 
> scheme unacceptable. I did them a favor in doing so.
> 
> 
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