On Oct 12, 2006, at 9:01 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
I understand how you could be annoyed, but the terms of the demo
are stated pretty clearly. so anybody who doesn't intend to buy
probably needs to switch system voices the day before it ends just
to be safe.
I agree in principle, but in fact I have a hard enough time
remembering the things that *matter* at times, and remembering
whether I began demoing something on the 10th or 20th was classed in
the "not important enough to matter" category. I just think it's bad
form for a demo product advertised for blind users to render the
computer inoperable upon expiration, regardless of its demo terms.
Besides, if I have a 30-day evaluation then I'm going to use all 30
days. I'm not going to start fearing and pulling back at day 29
because I expect the demo to render my computer unusable.
I don't want to start a debate, just thought I'd let folks know, and
as a software developer whose revenue depends on demos myself, I do
tend to get rather passionate when a simple demo expiry oversteps
what I feel to be its privileges to my system. It may be someone
else's software, but it is for all intents and purposes a guest on my
system and should conduct itself accordingly.
