Comments on: Wings of Nutty Behavior http://kristian.tapaninaho.com/2008/05/wings-of-nutty-behavior/ Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:31:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: admin http://kristian.tapaninaho.com/2008/05/wings-of-nutty-behavior/#comment-107 admin Wed, 21 May 2008 12:05:23 +0000 http://tapaninaho.com/blog/?p=166#comment-107 Yeah it's no wonder so many companies who rely on these apps have pirated copies in use and legit copies sitting on a shelve. If they (software makers) want to continue doing this, they really have to find a way that puts customers first. I think Adobe CS apps are probably the worst offenders much because they're so damned difficult to COMPLETELY remove. I did get WingNuts registered in the end. They sent me a new serial that I have to use. Little too late, though; my holiday was already over. Yeah it’s no wonder so many companies who rely on these apps have pirated copies in use and legit copies sitting on a shelve. If they (software makers) want to continue doing this, they really have to find a way that puts customers first.

I think Adobe CS apps are probably the worst offenders much because they’re so damned difficult to COMPLETELY remove.

I did get WingNuts registered in the end. They sent me a new serial that I have to use. Little too late, though; my holiday was already over.

]]> By: alex kent http://kristian.tapaninaho.com/2008/05/wings-of-nutty-behavior/#comment-108 alex kent Wed, 21 May 2008 11:39:10 +0000 http://tapaninaho.com/blog/?p=166#comment-108 i think it is unacceptable to have serial numbers and registration processes which require web (or telephone) authentication. simply put it is treating legitimate users as thieves. this type of authentication breaks software. it has happened more than once that i've been in a time-critical situation (on expensive photo shoots for example) and i find myself battling against CaptureOne or Photoshop CS3's authentication. we have legitimate licenses for each of these, but are often not in a situation to jump through the licensing hoops; no internet, middle of the night, no time, etc. i think it is unacceptable to have serial numbers and registration processes which require web (or telephone) authentication. simply put it is treating legitimate users as thieves. this type of authentication breaks software.

it has happened more than once that i’ve been in a time-critical situation (on expensive photo shoots for example) and i find myself battling against CaptureOne or Photoshop CS3′s authentication. we have legitimate licenses for each of these, but are often not in a situation to jump through the licensing hoops; no internet, middle of the night, no time, etc.

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