Interesting quote you included on your post. Who moved your cheese? Companies want to be paid for what you use. It will be a learning curve for users and companies as we each adapt to our own goals, users who want the most for least, companies who want a priced paid for the product (may not be a fair price).
If you purchased the product you will see as part of the text indicating system requirements (Yes I know it is the fine print we never read) written in bold text, written in a completely STAND ALONE paragraph, it states the product must be activated on one computer by the internet or phone call. I am not talking about spy ware or any of that other shit. Which I agree with you unfair.
It may be more work if something goes wrong with the computer or other hardware. But that happens with toys, electonics, cars and even clothing on rarer occasions.
I got exactly what I paid for and I was pleased with it.
Product activation is not bad. it is clearly marked as part of the system requirements that this package would only work on one computer. While grief is evident when one loses a hard drive and must reinstall all, it call sh.. happens.
I bought my copy. It worked as advertised. My computer works just fine so I did what I needed to do. The product works well and has since it's inception. I bought and STILL HAVE the 5 1/4 inch floppies from the first version (but no 5 1/4 inch floppy drives:-( .
Into everyones life a little rain must fall. Move on.
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Interesting quote you included on your post. Who moved your cheese? Companies want to be paid for what you use. It will be a learning curve for users and companies as we each adapt to our own goals, users who want the most for least, companies who want a priced paid for the product (may not be a fair price).
So the cheese is being moved.
If you purchased the product you will see as part of the text indicating system requirements (Yes I know it is the fine print we never read) written in bold text, written in a completely STAND ALONE paragraph, it states the product must be activated on one computer by the internet or phone call. I am not talking about spy ware or any of that other shit. Which I agree with you unfair.
It may be more work if something goes wrong with the computer or other hardware. But that happens with toys, electonics, cars and even clothing on rarer occasions.
I got exactly what I paid for and I was pleased with it.
Product activation is not bad. it is clearly marked as part of the system requirements that this package would only work on one computer. While grief is evident when one loses a hard drive and must reinstall all, it call sh.. happens. I bought my copy. It worked as advertised. My computer works just fine so I did what I needed to do. The product works well and has since it's inception. I bought and STILL HAVE the 5 1/4 inch floppies from the first version (but no 5 1/4 inch floppy drives :-( .
Into everyones life a little rain must fall. Move on.
Have you considered ion propulsion as in the recent DeepSpace 1 mission? Don't need the planets. Some day it will even overtake Voyager.