I don't understand why they thought they were going to win this, when none of the other big software companies (Microsoft, Apple, Adobe) have actively supported them. AutoDesk might have a monopoly on the software, but I doubt they have the deep pockets to lobby legislation like Microsoft could.
I agree. Thinking about it from the perspective of the potential buyer, AutoCad is making it difficult to purchase their software. It has been chatted about in the past how locking down software just encourages people to find alternative solutions to getting a copy. In this case it isn't a software lock, but a legal lock. Either way the result is creating a black market that didn't necessarily exist before.
AutoCad aggressively attempts to make itself irrelevant. Why generate such bad press over a single copy... This follows the same backwards mentality of the book publishing industry, which thinks the less books in the hands of people the better.
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I don't understand why they thought they were going to win this, when none of the other big software companies (Microsoft, Apple, Adobe) have actively supported them. AutoDesk might have a monopoly on the software, but I doubt they have the deep pockets to lobby legislation like Microsoft could.
I agree. Thinking about it from the perspective of the potential buyer, AutoCad is making it difficult to purchase their software. It has been chatted about in the past how locking down software just encourages people to find alternative solutions to getting a copy. In this case it isn't a software lock, but a legal lock. Either way the result is creating a black market that didn't necessarily exist before.
AutoCad aggressively attempts to make itself irrelevant. Why generate such bad press over a single copy... This follows the same backwards mentality of the book publishing industry, which thinks the less books in the hands of people the better.