[maxmsp] Re: Boycott iLok and PACE?

Hi,

I see lot of people who don't like iLok - I understund yours  
positions, but I would like to tel you the other opinion about iLok

For us the iLok is real the best solution for musical software and we  
would like to have all software we have with iLok!

We have lot of computers mac and PC and we buy regulary a new  
computers. The iLok permit  to have one software totaly independant  
from hardware and it's extremly important for us.

When I develop the software Max/MSP - and i have test it - what other  
solution? Ok i can instal a demo version - but after 1 months it's  
finished.... when I return to test it after 2 month have I buy a new  
licence only for test?

We buy a new computers - have we buy every time a new licence for  
software? there are 2 licence with C/R but what's after? Personaly I  
am using every year about 2 new ot differents computer for developing  
and testing - have we buy every year a new licence?

When we buy a software we would like to put it where we need and  
change the place when we buy another computer. We have lot of  
software and change all for another computer with C/R is absolutly  
crazy and after two changes impossible!

You can't immagine the number of problems we had before iLok with  
installation, we spent out time to explain that we have a new  
computer and the composers could not work during this time..... (I  
spent personaly a months with e-mail and phone!!!)

new version of Logic has not a dongle..... for us is totaly crazy,  
why we have buy a Logic for 4 computers if we use onlu ONE software  
with one dongle and we dont's need to use it on 4 computers in same  
time?

The iLock is real the best solution for us and i hope only that  
cycling will read this email in the same time like the others and to  
think about the problems for the studios with more than two  
computers..............


Le 4 déc. 07 à 21:11, Rodrigo Constanzo a écrit :

> I honestly don't see the benefit of the iLok system, unless they  
> workout the software itself being installed on the ilok (like those  
> new fangled USB drives that take programs/settings with you). Now  
> that would be cool, and a worthwhile investment, if you could  
> literally take the program/license/settings with you onto any  
> machine you use.
>
> Where are these fully installed, license free computers that  
> everyone moves their iloks back and forth from?
>
> You can have it installed on 2 computers via C/R. Schools/studios  
> would, hopefully, have fully licensed versions. So where else would  
> you need to use it, that you couldn't legitimately have it  
> installed (without needing an ilok).
>
> This isn't a flame, I'm just curious as to the practical benefit of  
> the ilok.
>
>
> Also, theres the much easier choice of having a regular old serial  
> # authorization system. Everyone's a winner there, since theres no  
> overhead for the outsourced copy protection, its easy/painless to  
> install/reinstall, and those who wouldn't buy it aren't affected  
> since they used the cracked version already anyways.
>
> On Dec 4, 2007 7:07 PM, Don K <dkimcg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I don't like dongles.  I used to have a string of 4 on my old  
> 8100/100 mac.
> But I like not having a license locked down to one machine.
> I could see larger studios with many employees wanting a license  
> server with floating licenses (flexLM), but for a one man setup, I  
> like my pace.
>
> No pace/max locked into one machine vs. Pace w/ Max wherever I  
> install Max
>
> I choose the latter.


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