I worked at a small financial services company where the sysprog disabled the SYNCSORT key code.
It eventually came back to bite him and he was asked to leave. Later, Ray -- M. Ray Mullins Roseville, CA, USA http://www.catherdersoftware.com/ http://www.mrmullins.big-bear-city.ca.us/ http://www.the-bus-stops-here.org/ German is essentially a form of assembly language consisting entirely of far calls heavily accented with throaty guttural sounds. ---ilvi French is essentially German with messed-up pronunciation and spelling. --Robert B Wilson English is essentially French converted to 7-bit ASCII. ---Christophe Pierret [for Alain LaBonté] > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lloyd Fuller > Sent: Sunday 25 February 2007 17:02 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: License keys for ISV products(What alternatives > are there?) > > On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 20:32:18 +0000, Ted MacNEIL wrote: > > >>If it were not for keys, some customers wouldn't pay on > time (or wouldn't pay at all). > > > >THAT is my point of disagreement! > > > >Most shops that are mainframe shops are large companies. > >Large companies do NOT want their names in the press. > >Ergo, they will do everything they can to pay on time. > >Yes, we have process problems, but so do the vendors. > > > You are wrong. I could name two large companies who have > stolen mainframe software who were later caught out > because the method of doing keys changed. > > Not all companies are ethical regardless of their size. And > many welcome any publicity good or bad. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
