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Re: Y2K Blackmail?



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Peter2150@xxxxxxx wrote:

> 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.

They are ? I went there just now and didnt see it? Where is it?

> 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.
>

   Mark