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Re: Fw: ADVANTAGE 2E (SYNON) and CA authorization code policy


Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 4:53 AM
Subject: ADVANTAGE 2E (SYNON) and CA authorization code policy


> Here in Spain we are having a problem with Computer Associates
> authorization code policy for ADVANTAGE 2E, formerly COOL 2E and SYNON 2E.
>
>     If you do not pay the yearly maintenance you do not get the next year
> authorization codes, even if you do not upgrade or move the licenced
product
> to another machine. That's so, even when in the contract states that the
> product is licenced for one machine with independence of the maintenance
and
> for ever.
>
>     It seems to me that this is some sort of "blackmail" in order to get
> maintenance paid.
>
>     Also it rises a problem: if C.A. dissapears we are going to get hung
> with the product?
>
> My question is:  is it working  like this all over the world? Any comment
or
> experience?
_______________________________________________

I've just had a similar experience with Red Hat. Frustrating! I'm really getting tired of being treated like chattel by large companies who have no sense of ethics, and think I'm too stupid to notice. The people at the helm are probably related to the guys that like to take dirty pictures of prisoners. No wonder the world hates Uncle Sam. I'm beginning to wonder about him too. I've always maintained that you shouldn't condemn unless you've been there and come back to the world (ala Mai Lai), but I'm wavering on that too. If it's wrong, isn't it WRONG!? Guess I'm getting old. Maybe the US just needs a democrat in the White House. They're embarrassing, but at least they're moral in their own obfuscated way. (Depending on what your definition of "is" is.)

Sorry for the rant, but I feel a little better now.


Pete Hall
pbhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.pbhall.us/


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