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Yes thank you, I remember the copy protection schemes of the 80s. They
were totally useless in stopping dishonest people from making illegal
copies. As I recall, apps, which were only useful for getting around
those schemes, were as hot a business back then as virus apps and
security apps appear to be now. Remember CopyIIPC? They even had a
special board you could put in your machine to run the protected disks
through to undo the protection scheme.<br>
<br>
The whole thing was a bad joke. All those silly schemes did was manage to
inconvenience and anger those of us foolish enough to be honest and buy
and run the copy protected versions.<br>
<br>
Dishonest people are going to get around what ever scheme they apply to
this problem - other than continual and vigorous law enforcement. That's
why we have Cops (God bless them). To prosecute people who break the law.
<br>
<br>
Don't make your customers angry because people in Asia (as you say) are
stealing from you. Get our politicians to negotiate the Asian politicians
into passing laws that stops those activities, and then get them to
enforce them. Isn't that why we pay and put up with politicians?<br>
<br>
IMO, CD verification is another dumb idea that wastes the users time, the
programmers time (which would be much better spent cleaning out bugs and
making this app more robust) and in the end likely won't even do what it
is intended to do. <br>
<br>
MetaStock has been a source of much income for me. I want only the best
for them. I've always bought every upgrade - whatever - even if I didn't
need it - just to try and contribute to their profits. I just don't want
to see them continuing down the CompuTrac road (ignoring customers, know
it all, ever more corporate) to oblivion.<br>
<br>
IMO, they improved the Reuters download thing considerably. That proves
that they have it in them. But they won't fix a broken wheel that doesn't
squeak. And it doesn't help to pretend that the emperor has a lovely
suite of clothes on when he's actually buck naked (and ugly).<br>
<br>
Thanks for reminding me,<br>
Ray<br>
<br>
<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>*I think Equis is doing this to prevent
people, who didn't buy v6.52 EOD, from receiving the upgrade price.
I assume this is also why they require you verify you have the MetaStock
CD. Apparently, Equis (or Reuters) is concerned about illegal
copying. I can't really blame them. There's a LOT of illegal
copying taking place in the Eastern European block nations, in Russia,
and particularly in Asia. MicroSoft recently sued a company in
China but the Chinese court ruled in favor of the company saying there
was "no proof" any copying occurred. Right. If this
activity continues, expect American software companies to take more
drastic measures to protect themselves. This will include setting
up "regions" similar to the DVD video market. They may
even revive the copy protection schemes which were used during the 80's.
<br>
<br>
D.M. </blockquote></html>
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>Your departure from the list and the planet would be welcome. Idiots like
>you should be banished from the internet and society.
The majority of people on this list I assume are traders.
It is common for a trader to use the "F" or "Four letter words',
when addressing his broker or floor trader for a bad fill.
This form of behavior transcends to other anthropological concepts.
That one person uses such language on users of this list should not make
each one of us act verbatim in response. The user was not getting the
results
he expected (Being taken off the list), and expressed his disgust to the
list. We all acted appropriately by showing him how to get off. Why then
should we make it a personal affair by throwing personal insults after the
fact.
Shawn
"It is not how right or how wrong you are that matters, but
how much money you make when right and how much you do not lose when wrong"
... George Soros
Quarendo Invenietis (By seeking you shall discover)
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