This is where the corporate yahoos get to hide behind their license
which we all agree to when we break the seal on the CD/DVD and install
the software, to wit: there is no implied fitness for any purpose
whatsoever, even for the purpose for which you purchased the software.
Quoting from their license, which we have all agreed to:
"THE SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED
SOLELY ON
AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO
THE QUALITY AND
PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION MATERIALS IS WITH
YOU. YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR SELECTION OF THE SOFTWARE AND
ACCOMPANYING
DOCUMENTATION MATERIALS TO ACHIEVE YOUR INTENDED RESULTS, AND FOR THE
INSTALLATION,
USE, AND RESULTS OF THE SOFTWARE. IF THE SOFTWARE OR ACCOMPANYING
DOCUMENTATION MATERIALS PROVE TO BE DEFECTIVE, YOU, NOT MAKEMUSIC OR ITS
DEALERS,
DISTRIBUTORS, AGENTS, OR EMPLOYEES, ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ANY AND
ALL NECESSARY
SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION."
Basically, they are telling us how f#$cked up we were to purchase this
to begin with as if we really thought it would work for music notation
purposes without a hitch.
But interestingly enough they state "THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND
PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION MATERIALS IS WITH
YOU." yet they claim copyright in their precious code so that we can't
even fix it ourselves, if we were so inclined or able to do so.
Then they tell us that if the software proves defective (which it
apparently has) WE have to assume the entire cost of any and all
necessary servicing (we all know who has gotten "serviced" with this
upgrade), repair, or correction.
Funny, that's what I had thought we all plunked down our precious money
for when we purchased the upgrade.
Oh, yeah, I forgot -- We've got f#$cking GPO playback to assuage our
bruised souls with while we sit staring at disappearing data and a
program that crashes when attempting to print.
Well, we did purchase it on an "as is" basis, and what a sorry "as is"
it has turned out to be!
Now for some corporate e-mails where they say "nyah, nyah, we got you!
Now back to our smartmusic development!"
Oh well, at least they didn't cripple 2005 when they released 2006!
David H. Bailey
Eric Dannewitz wrote:
Makes me wonder if people can sue Apple for making a product that gets
scratched easily (IE: the Nano), why can't we sue Make Music for
providing this POS software? I've already had my Library/Application
Support wiped out by the original installer. Isn't that worse than a
scratch?
Then the software crashes all the time when printing, which Finale 2005
never did. 2005 was really really stable compared to 2006.
Wish I knew a good lawyer who could pursue this............
dhbailey wrote:
Maybe if you created some custom print settings and then deleted
them? ;-)
David Bailey (who is amused by all this mess of Finale 2006 and 2006a
and is glad he didn't uninstall Finale2005)
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