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[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 03:29:09PM -0500, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> Quoting Barry Wiseman (Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:21:35 -0500):
> [...]
> > I have only one site running with a licensed version (linux 5.0.15), and
> > based on my painful adventure with that two months ago, I hope to avoid
> > deploying any more.  Your best source of info on this is probably fptech
> > support.  After my license service went south following a power outage,
> > it took them two or three tries in September to get the license cranking
> > again successfully -- over the space of several hours, while the client
> > was totally down :-(  This licensing stuff is clearly Not Ready for
> > Prime Time.
> 
> As I recall, the problem you had was that, after the crash, you somehow
> loaded a 5.6 beta license onto that system.  As you may recall, the
> message you posted to the mailing list said that licinfo showed:

[ Ken paints a compelling picture that Barry's problem was his own fault ]

And you did it quite successfully, Ken.

But you miss the essential point:

We don't pay you to win arguments with us.  You know what you call a
customer with whom you win an argument?

An ex-customer.


This is even *less* intelligent a thing to do when the customer is
a developer and -- in your small universe -- one of the few evangelists
for your product.

This public service message brought to you by Developer Against
Silly-ass Licensing Enforcement Schemes.  :-)

Cheers,
-- jra
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