Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 11:59:14 09/26/05
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On September 26, 2005 at 14:55:12, Sandro Necchi wrote: >On September 26, 2005 at 14:45:14, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On September 26, 2005 at 14:32:14, Paul Jacobean Sacral wrote: >> >>>On September 26, 2005 at 13:29:43, Joachim Rang wrote: >>> >>>>Okay we expected a turmoil. ;-) You will be able to use it on two or more >>>>machines. Just submit your Hardware Fingerprint of each of your systems. There >>>>is no hard-limit but it should be clear that one license isn't meant for a >>>>10-machine-farm. Two or three are okay though. If you move to a new computer >>>>after some time you will get a new key for your new computer as well. >>> >>>You cannot guarentee this. What if I buy a new computer in 2015? Will your >>>website or company still exist? Yes? Take a 100.000 $ bet? >> >>I bet that in 2015 Fruit2.2 is going to be a weak engine and nobody will care >>about it. >>> >>>This is a stupid deceision. You have piracy paranoia, just like the Zappa >>>author. But software pirates are no threat to super expert's chess software: >>>They are a threat for mainstream game software only, which any idiot can use. >>>They cannot harm the sales of chess "engines" only experts know how to install, >>>and need an existing GUI for to run. Your customers will either buy or ignore >>>Fruit 2.2. Why care for the rest? >> >>Only experts know how to install Fruit? >>I can teach every child how to install Fruit in Fritz GUI easily. >> >>I know that there is a lot of piracy against chessbase software and I believe >>that big majority of the chess players that use Fritz or Junior did not buy it. > >I think that the piracy matter has been a little being confused: > >99% of those people would not buy the program if they have to pay for it, so >missing sales is not real or at least is not as many people would think/believe. > >Of course is not acceptable, but these copy protections are making things >difficult to the buyers only as not protecting the sales overall. Whatever method ChessAssistant uses, I like it a lot. It never asks me for anything after I have installed the products. I do not know if they have a lot of theft, but I wish all products could install and operate so smoothly. The ideal software product protects itself, but the user is totally unaware of any intrusion. ChessAssistant is the closest to that ideal of any chess software I have tried.
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