In
<3253568952062076.wa.elardus.engelbrechtsita.co...@listserv.ua.edu>,
on 03/26/2014
at 10:55 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht <[email protected]>
said:
>They're also called 'nagware'. They're nagging constantly,
Those are the ones that I decide not to buy.
>interrupting your work,
The smart vendors whine when you initially start the application and
then leave you alone until the next time you start it; oddly enough,
those are usually the ones that I decide are worth buying. I've also
had products that I couldn't evaluate adequately within the permitted
period; the vendor invariably gave me an extension and in every case
that I recall ultimately got my money.
>Some of those software were really clever that if you adjust your
>clock, they will disable themselves properly...
If I have to go through that much hassle, the evaluation is over -
thanks but no thyanks.
>True. You get also temp keys for DRP or switch over to new
>footprint. Whatever it is, you have to involve your vendor.
ObPogo Alas, sometimes the problem is not the vendor.
>It is either licensed (vendor supplied) or freebies at your own
>extreme risk (CBTTAPE for example).
Paying for software is no guaranty of adequate support, and some of
the best software support that I have gotten has been for free
software. Thank you, Bruce and all the others.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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