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Re: Y2K Blackmail?



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In a message dated 98-02-18 10:38:14 EST, xxxxxxxx writes:

> Independent of the merits/demerits of dongles and Safekey's, I
>  think there ought to be a law against a company that takes advantage
>  of a Year 2000 bug, and uses it as a method for ensuring that its
>  customers upgrade to the new Y2K-compliant version.


I am sorry, and its nothing personal, but this is stupid.  They are putting a
free Y2K patch for the current version on the website.  What on earth more do
you want.  Even if they make secure so only registered 4.0 versions can use
it.  Thats fair.  They are the only ones who paid for the software.