Re: [Finale] Authentication schemes

[Johannes Gebauer]

With this approach I really don't see your problem: If all you want is 
to be sure that Finale will always run on your existing machinery, then 
you have that already. When you authorize Finale you get send an 
authorization code. This code will work should you ever need to 
reauthorize your copy _on the same computer_. On the Mac it is glued to 
the Ethernet address. Unless you change your Ethernet card the 
authorization code will remain the same, even if you change the HD or 
any other component. I am not sure what it is glued to on the PC side, 
but you can probably find that out from MM.

So even if MM ceases to exist you can reenter your code as long as you 
are running on the same machine.

Johannes
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz schrieb:
At 05:08 PM 3/10/05 +0000, Robert Patterson wrote:
The problem is that as computers change, your 
non-authenticated version of Finale eventually will 
no longer work.

Put this comment before archivists who meticulously maintain old equipment
and software in order to have access to important material.
Perhaps it's because I worked as a documents librarian in my early years
that I understand how sickening it is to watch, in the name of misplaced
commerce, history slowly but surely being locked away in a software prison.
Imagine if Mozart's manuscripts were locked up in Finale 1790, computer
intact and functioning, but FabrikMuzik! long gone.
Dennis

_______________________________________________
Finale mailing list
Finale@shsu.edu
http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
--
http://www.musikmanufaktur.com
http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de
_______________________________________________
Finale mailing list
Finale@shsu.edu
http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale