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Re: Script Debugger goes renegade !
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Re: Script Debugger goes renegade !


  • Subject: Re: Script Debugger goes renegade !
  • From: Ron Bishop <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 08:23:47 -0600

No pity...

Most people have to justify every piece of software they purchase to their boss. If it can't pay for itself, it doesn't get bought - not even one copy. I use Script Debugger - one copy. When I've had to tweak scripts at other machines across town I use Smile or Script Editor. The environment might not be just the same, but they work just fine.

Late Night Software has to put food on the table just like every other Joe or Jane Donut. They can charge whatever they want. They can even make it dongle protected if they want.

Script Debugger is worth it for professional work - just like Photoshop, QuarkXPress, InDesign....but just like QuarkXPress and InDesign, some people prefer one over the other. They both work.

I'll be teaching some fellow employees some Applescript basics - we'll be using Smile; a great product. The Applscripts will be just the same.

Ron Bishop

PS Just be glad you don't need to purchase Visual Basic Developer....


On Sunday, February 16, 2003, at 11:33 AM, Gnarlodious wrote:

That's right, I am past the point of desperation. When I purchased Script
Debugger I was not informed of its overzealous registration enforcement.
Late Night Software has been most unhelpful with this problem and I risk
getting booted off this list for this request.

I am asking someone to share their SD registration number with me for the
purpose of overcoming this limitation, and I will reciprocate.
It is impossible for me to purchase a second number because my only income
is Social Security, and the $180 price represents a third of my monthly
income.

The option of running a different editor on another networked machine is not
really workable. Expecting the user to logoff of the target machine is just
too unreasonable, especially after waiting for a timeout and forcequitting
Finder just to recover control. I have laboriously developed Applescript as
my backup tool and now the project looks like a waste of time.
Script Debugger is impeding its own development with this policy and there
are competing editors out there with no registration enforcement, albeit not
as useful.

PLEASE NOTE:
I do not normally condone copyright infringement activity, engage in
violation of terms of usage or otherwise practice an inethical lifestyle.

But there is a point at which civil disobedience is a virtue. Its a result
of democracy, just like the right to boycott and demonstrate.

Power to the people!

-- Rachel
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