Solution: don't give your key to anyone else....? Maybe that's the point. :-) At least, I think it is an individual (per user) license, not a floating one? If I'm wrong, its an even better deal...
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Wannamaker > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 3:25 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: AW: [Eap-list] OFFTOPIC: Idea for personal use > > > Is the security model for licenses correct? If someone tries > to start > another copy of IDEA with the same license key, IDEA tells me > someone is > accessing the key, great, then it informs me that it is > saving my stuff, > again great, and that it is shutting ME down, not great. I > was first in, I > should have priority, otherwise we're going to have about 20 > seconds to make > changes before someone else clobbers you? > > --ekiM > > > On Tuesday 18 December 2001 02:25 pm, you wrote: > > Well, in my opinion a nice way to compensate initial costs > of software is a > > period of time for free updates and nicely priced updates > afterwards. By > > the way, after buying IDEA you have 8 months of free > updates. What if I > > purchase an update after 10 months or so. Do I get another > 8 months of free > > updates then or does this count for full versions only? > > > > Michael > > > > > -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- > > > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Im > > > Auftrag von Chris Merrill > > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 18. Dezember 2001 20:15 > > > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Betreff: Re: [Eap-list] OFFTOPIC: Idea for personal use > > > > > > Wangjammer5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > FWIW, IDEA is really great. However I do not feel that > many individuals > > > > are happy to pay that kind of money for an IDE, > especially when you can > > > > refresh your eval key quite easily. After all, at the > end of the day > > > > you can always go back to "vi" and "javac" for free. > > > > > > Most of those people won't buy it...no matter how cheap it is... > > > because they're cheap and/or lazy....they will use whatever > > > they can for free. > > > > > > > My point? I think everyone would sell a lot more > software if it was > > > > much cheaper. You can buy a computer game for $50 or > less (which is too > > > > much for a game!). I think that's about the maximum the > bulk of people > > > > can stomach for software. > > > > > > The market disagrees with you...they are buying LOTS of $50 games. > > > > > > > Why do you think half the world has a ripped off copy of Adobe > > > > Photoshop on their hard disk? > > > > > > Because they are dishonest, cheap and lazy. They wouldn't buy it > > > if it was $1...if they could still get it for free. > > > > > > > Isn't it a case of 100,000 users @ $50 rather than > $1,000 @ $200 ? > > > > > > You're assuming that lowering the prices would raise the number > > > of sales...but if they could get a disabled version of > something else > > > for free...they will use it, instead of IDEA. Even you > think that $50 > > > is too much. > > > > > > IDEA is already VERY competetively priced. By your > logic...if they > > > made it $1, they would sell 1,000,000 copies. Not likely. > > > > > > I think wise move is to let them continue to download free keys. > > > Eventually they might buy it, when they have the money. If not, > > > at least they will tell their friends about it. > > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Eap-list mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Eap-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list > > -- > --ekiM > > _______________________________________________ > Eap-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list > _______________________________________________ Eap-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list
