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Subject: Re: Purchasing Fruit: a disappointment

Author: Joshua Shriver

Date: 12:01:26 09/27/05

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>I am not aware of horrible license policies in the current mainstream chess
>software market.
>

I was thinking more along the lines of MS and Win XP specifically where you have
to go in loops just to do an update.


>Of course the Fruit policy is not more *expensive* in principle, or "evil" or
>you name it. *No one* claimed anything like that btw, so I don't understand your
>need to post a "rant". But you might agree that it is clearly a bit more of a
>hazzle .

Guess my frustration is in that people are being so extreme that they aren't
even buying it because of this. I could justify not buying something if it
really limited your ability to use it, or was a real hastle. Though Spending a
minute to generate a key and email it, which is so little to do, in order to
help Fabian save or get more revenue seems like a bad reason to be upset with
the product.

The whole argument seems unbalanced to me.
I'm done, I just wish Fabian the best; he has done a great job. I hope it's
profitable and this whole issue can be resolved so that people are happy.

-Josh

P.S. I misworded it I guess... my original meaning was attacking his business
plan or how he's selling Fruit.

>I followed this discussion, but can't remember having read a single post
>"attacking Fabian". And I actually wish him every possible success in the world
>.





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