Comments on: How To Turn Customers Into Pirates

By: me

me — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:59:07 +0000

My god,
so sad all this is true.

By: Activation Frustration | Swimming in a Software Sea

Activation Frustration | Swimming in a Software Sea — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:06:04 +0000

[...] I saw this article about not screwing your customers, and it reminded me of an similar experience I had at my day job [...]

By: Fred McKinney

Fred McKinney — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:42:20 +0000

I’d dump those losers too and find an equivalent free open-source product in order to bypass all that nonsense.

BTW, in regards to what John Allen posted just two posts before mine (at least at the time I’m typing this, anyways), that nonsense by Microsoft was the reason I switched to Linux.

I’ve run nothing but Linux on my computer at home for over four years now and haven’t looked back. I run Ubuntu and thoroughly enjoy it. :-)

By: UNF

UNF — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:09:49 +0000

@130

OK, but IIRC I didn’t use flash, as my fone does not have it, therefore TPB is innocent, yarrr?

By: John Allen

John Allen — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:21:08 +0000

A friend of mine for whom I look after his office computers will be in the market for hardware upgrades again this year. The Windows XP that is installed on these PCs has already been installed on a previous PC (obsoleted), and when I do the upgrade this time I will have to call Microsoft for each machine to get Windows activated.

And the situation is only getting worse, with Vista only allowing you to “move” the operating system to a new machine twice, after which you will have to purchase a new license.

By: IT News Today » How To Turn Your Customers Into Pirates

IT News Today » How To Turn Your Customers Into Pirates — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:05:40 +0000

[...] browsing IT news today, I came accross this article, which is an interesting story about how anti-piracy hurts people more than helps them. [...]

By: @# 89

@# 89 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:28:57 +0000

89 … did you see the picture they posted on the CS4 Page, Students looking upwards… the look on the picture tells all. no wonder how high the prices are, they are all looking at those exorbitant high prices upwards. just wondering if they could ever afford

don’t wait, just look at any torr search and download it for free…. not completely free, you anyways gotta pay for about 8 Gigs of bandwidth…

I still remember the PS3 (NOT THE CS3) the very third version photoshop 3 was just about 50 MB (MEGA BYTES NOT GIGA BYTES) and was almost as functional as the CS3 yes the CS3, in fact the interface hadn’t changed much nor the functionality, just that things in CS3 are little convenient but at what cost…. a WHOLE LOT OF BLOATWARE that comes along with CS3 where as good old photoshop 3 was pure functionality and nothing else.

By: Zbot

Zbot — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:59:09 +0000

@129
W…T…F are you talking about?

Nuance restricted trade of his company by two days because he was a LEGITIMATE customer.

“If that process doesn’t stop piracy, or even if it creates it, that shouldn’t be a problem unless you own stock in the software company!”

-What? his company owns their product and you don’t understand why he considers the “process” a problem.. spending two days talking on a phone is normal for a woman I guess? It’s a problem because he was forced through that “process” and that same “process” is ultimately redundant.

The current Anti-Piracy measures do not work, it is clearly pointless to put paying customers through this crap.

By: @126

@126 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:45:19 +0000

Actually, talking pictures at the Louvres is only forbidden because the cameras’ flashlights damage the paintings (like a sunburst on skin).

By: LadyXpress

LadyXpress — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:41:29 +0000

Maybe I’m missing something here, but I don’t understand all the hoopla over having to make a copy of two CDs. I know the frustration of being shuffled from tech to tech when trying to solve a software issue, but what’s the big deal in making copies of the CDs to get your problem resolved? How much time did it really take? If that process doesn’t stop piracy, or even if it creates it, that shouldn’t be a problem unless you own stock in the software company! But it apparently would have made the Nuance customer service department happy and everyone could have moved on without getting all worked up. I know in the long run the cost of merchandise does get affected by piracy, but that should have been the least of your worries since you already owned the software!