If the copy protection scheme were merely a challenge/response where I had to supply a registration number every time I installed, I would be completely comfortable with it. Legitimate users *are*, however, penalized by the scheme that Finale 2004 employs, because it makes our continued use of Finale 2004 dependent upon the continued existence of Coda (or Make Music or whatever the Name o' the Year is) and also their continued willingness to provide reg codes for Finale 2004.
Going on about 12 years, I still occasionally fire up Finale 2.6.3. I recently discovered it still runs in Classic. This will be the 4th computer (in sequence) on which I've run 2.6.3. I'm wondering if 2.6.3 had had a reg scheme like that in Fin04, would I have been able to register it? Would MM (now into about as many ownership changes as I've had computer changes) still have the willingness or expertise to do so? In some other cases of software I've owned equally old, the company isn't even around to authorize it any more. I'm accepting MM's decision because I have no choice other than pass on the excellent set of new features. But that doesn't mean I am not penalized or inconvenienced. -- Robert Patterson http://www.robertgpatterson.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
