Geez, if I didn't know better, I'd think you were making a deliberate effort to misconstrue what i say.
Clearly, I differentiated between discussing it on this list and telling FS about it. I said I'm discussing it on this list because it came up. Apparently, it's a topic worthy of discussion judging by the number of posts. And I didn't say I'm discussing it on this list to tell FS about it.
Do I have to explicitly explain everything I say? Okay... I told FS about the problem via email to their support email address. Clear enough?
From: "Bruce Toews" <dogriver@xxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 3:34 PM Subject: Re: removing authorization key, putting it back later
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. -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx-- Bruce Toews E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: dogriver@xxxxxxxx Website: http://www.ogts.net Radio Show and Podcast: http://www.totw.net Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.comJFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxTo unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfwIf you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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