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

[Pete Hall <pbhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 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
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